June 9, 2025 • 8 mins
Nick Chubb is officially set to join the Houston Texans on a one-year deal following a success four Pro Bowl campgain and seven seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Despite the injuries, the Texans know Chubb can be a difference maker in a limited role, but can he exceed the expecations? Wex and AC break down the signing of Chubb and what he'll bring to Houston's offense in 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's a very important week around the NFL. Already some
(00:02):
player movement potentially this week around the league, and for
this team, reports that before they hit the field tomorrow,
a physical will be passed and ink will be put
to paper for running back Nick Chubb, newest Houston Texan
unofficially to join the squad. Man.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
That looks like one of those signings that would have
been so awesome several years ago.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
But that's why he wasn't available.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I know, like, I'm not not excited about that though,
you know, like is that you understand what I mean?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
I do understand what you mean, and I like these
signings to I like to put them in this category.
What is the downside? And it's almost zero. There's nothing
to be lost from trying to find something with a
player who, unfortunately the last two years, which would have
otherwise almost certainly even in Cleveland's offense and all the
disarray was in if not for injury, there's really no
(00:54):
reason to doubt that he would have continued to be
one of the most productive backs in the NFL from
twenty eighteen to twenty twenty two. During his healthy five
years to start his career, there was only two running
backs that had more yards per carry than he did.
It was five or more all five of those seasons,
and Texan saw at first hand a couple of times
with a couple one hundred yard games against them and
(01:16):
smart football with a he took a dive late in
the game to guarantee a victory for the Cleveland Browns.
But the last two years have been a blown out knee,
two surgeries required on that, and then last year when
he came back, his season then got cut short again
with a foot injury. He'll play part of next season
as a thirty year old, eighth year NFL running back
(01:40):
for a team that already has a starting running back.
The downside here is so small. Not sure what the
monetary figure will be, but reports indicate he probably had
more lucrative concrete offers. Might end up making more money
here if incentives play out for the player, and again,
barring an injury to Joe Mixon, that would be very unlikely.
(02:00):
Like I said, I would keep it very simple on
this deal. There's nothing but upside. It can certainly be limited.
Not expecting this to be unbelievable, but in the fact
that Joe Mixon's not capable of playing, and he had
several games last year where that was the case. He's
obviously not yet participating in their offseason workouts and is
not expected to be participating tomorrow or Wednesday in mini camp. Well,
(02:23):
provided Nick Chubb is healthy, I'm sure he can perform
admirably for this team, again setting the bar about as
low as possible. Very good player, very good runner, very
good I think good enough out of the backfield. He's
outstanding pass protector. And look at who he's competing with.
No offense to the group that they have, but he's
clearly the most talented player on their roster at that
(02:44):
position that isn't Joe Mixon, and at full health, he
certainly rivals, if not bests Joe Mixon. What's the downside? Now?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
A low risk, high reward cliche comes into play here.
Very it's a very Darryl Morey move back in the day.
Actually it's a little bit different because this is a
guy I.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Think, well, he is a If you were trying to
say he's a Darryl Mory move, I would have to
push back on that because he was not a former
lottery pick, because that's all he added. Well, this guy
didn't pan out somewhere else. Boom we got him. That's
what I was getting. This guy was no good for them,
Boom we got him.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
This is not Maury and that I don't think he
ever brought in an ex superstar. Now. The one time
I would make an exception is when he went and
got ron our test. But ronal test had so much baggage,
like it was insane. So this is not baggage from
that standpoint. This is injury baggage. And you're right, it
potentially has the chance of being a giant home run.
(03:40):
But again, I can't say any of that without my
caveat that. I'll just keep pointing to until further notice.
Who's to say Nick Chubb would do a lot of
good things behind this line?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Again, there's only so much you can do. I mean,
he's gonna be fine. They weren't great. They had a terrible, terrible, terrible,
terrible offense in Cleveland for almost the entire last two years.
He was out there for ten of those games. They
have had a little bit better offense in previous years.
If you can play, you can play. Joe Mix improved
that last year he can play. He ran behind this
offensive line. He got a lot of tough yards. He
(04:13):
was a great third down back of both catching the
ball out of the backfield, because when you say third
down back for some reason, that only means you can
catch or they only throw the ball to No. They
ran the ball with Joe Mixon on third down quite
a bit and he was able to get the necessary yards.
He's very good on first down. There's no reason why
Nick Chubb if he has gotten past of those two injuries,
and I'm sure he's passed his foot injury unless it
becomes some more of chronic problem. There's no reason to
(04:36):
think that. The question is two years removed, and it
will be about two years early in the season from
an ACL injury and the subsequent surgeries that were required
to fix it. You're that far removed from it, which
is a good sign. But you're also pushing into the
wrong age for running backs. That's the other side of it.
But like I said, this is a player who I
(04:56):
think they've been looking for a good home he and
his agents. I think the Browns were interested in bringing
him back before they did what they did on draft day,
drafting two young players to go with Jerome Ford. Quite honestly,
it's Jerome Ford who should be going with them. He's
the third best of the three that they have in house,
and so Nick Chubb essentially was available. Again, it's unofficial.
(05:17):
I do like the idea of trying to get as
good as you can be everywhere on the board is
really no different than the question we've been asking about
tight end. There just aren't as many available. Do you
want to get better at that position? Do you want
to provide more depth? Do you want to potentially push
guys at their spots? And yes, this is what this does.
I don't think this is pushing Joe Mixon off of
the field. But if Nick Chubb's healthy, he's playing, He's
(05:39):
going to get playing time. They're going to be able
to spell Joe Mixon, They're going to be instances where
they're going to want him on the field. And quite honestly,
if they're really both healthy and good, I hope there's
an instances where they're both on the field, and I
think Nick Keyley is creative enough to make that happen.
But first things first, I'd love it if he was
in such good shape he was out there tomorrow or Wednesday.
(06:01):
I don't know that that's going to be the case.
I think there's near certainty on this though. He's not
going to be wearing the number he wore for the
Cleveland Browns over the last seven years. I think Sting
has earned the right to say, no, that's mine.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, well look at what he just signed for, and
look at what this guy just signed for.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Yeah, I mean, I'm just just pointing at Auchub. I'm
sure we'll find one to his liking. I think it's
a couple of switches. There aren't that many available out there.
Could be number one for him. He's previously worn twenty
three to different time in his career and twenty seven.
Well they have two twenty sevens right now, so that'd
be a lot of negotiating he would need to do.
So I'm gonna just go out on a limb and
(06:41):
guess they will. They will issue him the number one.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Really, yeah, just because it's available. Yeah, but the number,
it's just so strange for a running back. Well, although
everything's strange, give me a just.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Real quick before he hit the first break, what's not
strange for a running back? Just rattle anything off? You
want anything? Twenty through forty? Yeah, there's like none available.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
I know, well what I mean there has to be
one of those numbers available.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, there could be. It just kind of depends on
how other things shake out. But literally from you know,
twenty one is available? Which is the other? I was
going to guess that second. That's because Bullock gave that
up this offseason to switch to Robert Woods number two,
which became available. And there you have it. Those are
the numbers available between twenty one and forty. What's available
(07:27):
between zero? Well, zero's not available obviously the number I guessed.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
That's the only one out of one through nineteen, or
I guess twenty is it nineteen? Yes, twenty's taken.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Guess the one zero through forty. They're two numbers of available.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
One and twenty one are available.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Correct. See this is why it's they got ninety dudes, bro.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Then give them a stupid wide receiver number from the nineties.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
You can get a number from somebody who's probably not
gonna be here, But I don't think they'll go that route.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Very interesting. I did not think we would be going
down that path. During just trying to get people ahead
of the the jersey purchases. Who doesn't want a jersey
with the name Chubb on the back of it.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
The A T on Sports Talk seven ninety
It's a very important week around the NFL. Already some
(00:02):
player movement potentially this week around the league, and for
this team, reports that before they hit the field tomorrow,
a physical will be passed and ink will be put
to paper for running back Nick Chubb, newest Houston Texan
unofficially to join the squad. Man.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
That looks like one of those signings that would have
been so awesome several years ago.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
But that's why he wasn't available.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
I know, like, I'm not not excited about that though,
you know, like is that you understand what I mean?
Speaker 1 (00:32):
I do understand what you mean, and I like these
signings to I like to put them in this category.
What is the downside? And it's almost zero. There's nothing
to be lost from trying to find something with a
player who, unfortunately the last two years, which would have
otherwise almost certainly even in Cleveland's offense and all the
disarray was in if not for injury, there's really no
(00:54):
reason to doubt that he would have continued to be
one of the most productive backs in the NFL from
twenty eighteen to twenty twenty two. During his healthy five
years to start his career, there was only two running
backs that had more yards per carry than he did.
It was five or more all five of those seasons,
and Texan saw at first hand a couple of times
with a couple one hundred yard games against them and
(01:16):
smart football with a he took a dive late in
the game to guarantee a victory for the Cleveland Browns.
But the last two years have been a blown out knee,
two surgeries required on that, and then last year when
he came back, his season then got cut short again
with a foot injury. He'll play part of next season
as a thirty year old, eighth year NFL running back
(01:40):
for a team that already has a starting running back.
The downside here is so small. Not sure what the
monetary figure will be, but reports indicate he probably had
more lucrative concrete offers. Might end up making more money
here if incentives play out for the player, and again,
barring an injury to Joe Mixon, that would be very unlikely.
(02:00):
Like I said, I would keep it very simple on
this deal. There's nothing but upside. It can certainly be limited.
Not expecting this to be unbelievable, but in the fact
that Joe Mixon's not capable of playing, and he had
several games last year where that was the case. He's
obviously not yet participating in their offseason workouts and is
not expected to be participating tomorrow or Wednesday in mini camp. Well,
(02:23):
provided Nick Chubb is healthy, I'm sure he can perform
admirably for this team, again setting the bar about as
low as possible. Very good player, very good runner, very
good I think good enough out of the backfield. He's
outstanding pass protector. And look at who he's competing with.
No offense to the group that they have, but he's
clearly the most talented player on their roster at that
(02:44):
position that isn't Joe Mixon, and at full health, he
certainly rivals, if not bests Joe Mixon. What's the downside? Now?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
A low risk, high reward cliche comes into play here.
Very it's a very Darryl Morey move back in the day.
Actually it's a little bit different because this is a
guy I.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Think, well, he is a If you were trying to
say he's a Darryl Mory move, I would have to
push back on that because he was not a former
lottery pick, because that's all he added. Well, this guy
didn't pan out somewhere else. Boom we got him. That's
what I was getting. This guy was no good for them,
Boom we got him.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
This is not Maury and that I don't think he
ever brought in an ex superstar. Now. The one time
I would make an exception is when he went and
got ron our test. But ronal test had so much baggage,
like it was insane. So this is not baggage from
that standpoint. This is injury baggage. And you're right, it
potentially has the chance of being a giant home run.
(03:40):
But again, I can't say any of that without my
caveat that. I'll just keep pointing to until further notice.
Who's to say Nick Chubb would do a lot of
good things behind this line?
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Again, there's only so much you can do. I mean,
he's gonna be fine. They weren't great. They had a terrible, terrible, terrible,
terrible offense in Cleveland for almost the entire last two years.
He was out there for ten of those games. They
have had a little bit better offense in previous years.
If you can play, you can play. Joe Mix improved
that last year he can play. He ran behind this
offensive line. He got a lot of tough yards. He
(04:13):
was a great third down back of both catching the
ball out of the backfield, because when you say third
down back for some reason, that only means you can
catch or they only throw the ball to No. They
ran the ball with Joe Mixon on third down quite
a bit and he was able to get the necessary yards.
He's very good on first down. There's no reason why
Nick Chubb if he has gotten past of those two injuries,
and I'm sure he's passed his foot injury unless it
becomes some more of chronic problem. There's no reason to
(04:36):
think that. The question is two years removed, and it
will be about two years early in the season from
an ACL injury and the subsequent surgeries that were required
to fix it. You're that far removed from it, which
is a good sign. But you're also pushing into the
wrong age for running backs. That's the other side of it.
But like I said, this is a player who I
(04:56):
think they've been looking for a good home he and
his agents. I think the Browns were interested in bringing
him back before they did what they did on draft day,
drafting two young players to go with Jerome Ford. Quite honestly,
it's Jerome Ford who should be going with them. He's
the third best of the three that they have in house,
and so Nick Chubb essentially was available. Again, it's unofficial.
(05:17):
I do like the idea of trying to get as
good as you can be everywhere on the board is
really no different than the question we've been asking about
tight end. There just aren't as many available. Do you
want to get better at that position? Do you want
to provide more depth? Do you want to potentially push
guys at their spots? And yes, this is what this does.
I don't think this is pushing Joe Mixon off of
the field. But if Nick Chubb's healthy, he's playing, He's
(05:39):
going to get playing time. They're going to be able
to spell Joe Mixon, They're going to be instances where
they're going to want him on the field. And quite honestly,
if they're really both healthy and good, I hope there's
an instances where they're both on the field, and I
think Nick Keyley is creative enough to make that happen.
But first things first, I'd love it if he was
in such good shape he was out there tomorrow or Wednesday.
(06:01):
I don't know that that's going to be the case.
I think there's near certainty on this though. He's not
going to be wearing the number he wore for the
Cleveland Browns over the last seven years. I think Sting
has earned the right to say, no, that's mine.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Yeah, well look at what he just signed for, and
look at what this guy just signed for.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Yeah, I mean, I'm just just pointing at Auchub. I'm
sure we'll find one to his liking. I think it's
a couple of switches. There aren't that many available out there.
Could be number one for him. He's previously worn twenty
three to different time in his career and twenty seven.
Well they have two twenty sevens right now, so that'd
be a lot of negotiating he would need to do.
So I'm gonna just go out on a limb and
(06:41):
guess they will. They will issue him the number one.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Really, yeah, just because it's available. Yeah, but the number,
it's just so strange for a running back. Well, although
everything's strange, give me a just.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Real quick before he hit the first break, what's not
strange for a running back? Just rattle anything off? You
want anything? Twenty through forty? Yeah, there's like none available.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
I know, well what I mean there has to be
one of those numbers available.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Well, there could be. It just kind of depends on
how other things shake out. But literally from you know,
twenty one is available? Which is the other? I was
going to guess that second. That's because Bullock gave that
up this offseason to switch to Robert Woods number two,
which became available. And there you have it. Those are
the numbers available between twenty one and forty. What's available
(07:27):
between zero? Well, zero's not available obviously the number I guessed.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
That's the only one out of one through nineteen, or
I guess twenty is it nineteen? Yes, twenty's taken.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Guess the one zero through forty. They're two numbers of available.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
One and twenty one are available.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
Correct. See this is why it's they got ninety dudes, bro.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Then give them a stupid wide receiver number from the nineties.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
You can get a number from somebody who's probably not
gonna be here, But I don't think they'll go that route.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Very interesting. I did not think we would be going
down that path. During just trying to get people ahead
of the the jersey purchases. Who doesn't want a jersey
with the name Chubb on the back of it.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
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