Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb suffered a gruesome knee injury on Monday Night Football against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium and will likely miss the remaining of the 2023 NFL season after playing just a game and a half.
Kareem Hunt, a free agent running back who played for the Browns from 2019 until 2022, seems to be the most logical option for the franchise to replace Chubb.
Hunt, 28, requested a trade away from Cleveland last season, but the team declined his request.
He has since become a free agent and remains on the market despite meeting with a pair of teams, including the New Orleans Saints.
Chubb, 27, is irreplaceable, but if there’s one man who can seamlessly adjust to the Browns’ system, it’s Hunt. His differences with the team, however, could be irreconcilable.
List of available free agent running backs
- Kareem Hunt
- Leonard Fournette
- JD McKissic
- Darrell Henderson
- Rex Burkhead
- Dontrell Hilliard
- Malcolm Brown
- Trenton Cannon