Browns four-time Professional Bowl working again Nick Chubb returned to practice on Wednesday for the primary time since struggling a season-ending knee harm in Week 2 of final yr.
On Thursday, Chubb was nonetheless pinching himself that he was lastly again on the soccer discipline.
“It did not really feel actual. It felt like a dream,” Chubb told reporters. “Really feel like I have been battling this for some time now, so it was nice to get all that off my shoulders and at last get on the market.”
It stays to be seen when Chubb will return to recreation motion, as Cleveland has a 21-day window to activate him to the 53-man roster.
It would not seem to be he’ll play within the Browns’ Week 5 matchup towards the Washington Commanders, however Chubb wasn’t prepared to decide to any timeline.
“It relies on how I really feel,” Chubb mentioned. “They informed me to take nonetheless lengthy I have to. At any time when I really feel nice, I will be on the market.”
Chubb suffered an identical knee harm throughout his collegiate profession at Georgia, in order that has helped him hold his confidence that he can return as the identical participant as soon as once more.
He is not alone in that feeling, both, as broad receiver Amari Cooper is counting down the seconds till he is again on the sector.
“Enormous emotional increase. When you may have a dominant run recreation, that is actually necessary on this league,” Cooper said. “It’s going to be an enormous addition to have him again in each observe and the video games. Everyone round right here is happy for that.”
It is nonetheless up for debate whether or not Chubb be the identical dominant participant he was earlier than his harm, however he is not anxious about proving anyone proper or improper. As an alternative, he is solely targeted on being the very best model of himself when he does lastly make his much-anticipated return.
“I am simply making an attempt to be me. I do not have a look at expectations,” Chubb concluded. “Like I at all times say, I simply work onerous and every thing occurs prefer it’s imagined to occur.”
