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RB Nick Chubb, CLE (2 Viewers)
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ILUVBEER99
Footballguy
That is horrible advice for Chubb. If he has another major knee injury he'll be close to un-draftable. Even if he falls into the late 2nd/3rd round in the NFL draft he should come out.
Guess he probably has a big insurance policy to protect against that but staying in school just seems like an awful idea.
I agree. Also, it means you get your big deal 1 year earlier. Chubb likely isn't a top 10 pick even if he stays another year and does well. Better to get picked in the 2nd/3rd, rehab/get better in the NFL and play well and get a nice 2nd deal. Too much risk as you said. If he gets hurt again, he's might not ever get a deal and I doubt a guy who isn't talked about as a 1st round pick can get a multi-million dollar policy. Way too much risk for the insurance company.
Marc Weiszer @marcweiszer
Breaking: Georgia RBs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel, OLBs Lorenzo Carter and Davin Bellamy returning for senior seasons.
3:43 PM - 15 Dec 2016
Breaking: Georgia RBs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel, OLBs Lorenzo Carter and Davin Bellamy returning for senior seasons.
3:43 PM - 15 Dec 2016
Moonshine
Footballguy
I'm a TCU guy so ended up watching most of the game while installing bookshelves (so not with a ton of attentiveness to the game). I can't speak with a ton of authority, since I hadn't followed Chubb's career to much of an extent before his injury, but I came away impressed with him by the end of the game.
Neither team looked great in the first half, but Chubb's 50ish yard run near the end of the third seemed to be the turning point for the game. Very impressive run. Made some good moves, showed good vision and power, and solid speed. His touchdown run in the fourth, from 10ish yards out, showed a lot of power as well. He and Michel wore down our defense and then feasted in the second half, and it was a thing of beauty when they did.
I saw flashes of elite talent, but I don't think he's quite yet back in the same league as Fournette/Cook/McCaffrey. I'd take Guice over him too. Probably in the same league as Mixon for me, and ahead of guys like Foreman, Perine, and Samuel out of OSU. I think Chubb's ceiling is higher than any of those names after Guice, but he looked about their caliber to me right now at this point in his recovery.***
***Disclaimer: I'm not a dynasty player, so my player evaluation is probably pretty poor. Just an eye test thing when ranking these guys for me.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
You should probably give EBF a trigger warning before posting such things so that he may retreat to his safe space. I know he's very high on Chubb and I have him in one league myself.
Moonshine
Footballguy
Ha, I'll take shelter then to save myself from the worst of any rage that might come my way.
For real though, my experience with watching Chubb play is YouTube highlight videos and that one TCU game, so I'd probably defer to anyone else's judgement before my own. I saw flashes of an elite player, and he very well could return to form, but he didn't look like a game changer for me, or anyone I'd sell the farm for, at this point.
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
Just started watching when he got his TD. They're claiming he's healthy and looking good. I really hope so.
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
Michel looking explosive.
Faust
MVP
Jello_Biafra
Footballguy
I didn't see the game today. He's been putting up good numbers. Anyone think he's back to being Nick Chubb pre-injury?
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Curious as well but I haven't seen him play yet this year.
He currently has 91 rushing attempts 618 yards (6.8 ypc) with a long of 33 yards.
He is just behind Barkley in total rushing yards on fewer carries.
Lots of other college RB ahead of both of them right now.
Markus P Dub
Footballguy
Yes he's been good but chalk that up to splitting carries with Sony Michael. That kid can run too. I'm more impressed by him actually. UGA has a good rotation going with those 2 and a true frosh Swift; so no need for Chubb to carry the ball 25-30 times a game. Both Chubb and Sony are about identical in size so I'm curious to see what draft grade the scouts put on Sony.
BigTex
Don't mess with Texas
He’s been spotty, he’s looked good against some teams and not so good against others.
Tex
BigTex
Don't mess with Texas
Bojang0301
Omar4Heisman
If his combine is more reflective of Samaje Perine then pre injury Nick Chubb I won’t go down that path of “well, if they can return to this form” again.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Watching Georgia right now against the University of Kentucky.
Chubb with several good runs showing nice elusiveness, power and speed.
Sony Michel looks good as well. Perhaps a bit faster than Chubb is? I dunno Chubb looks pretty good in this game to me and makes me wonder why I have been hearing comments that he may not be the same player he was before his injury.
Chubb with several good runs showing nice elusiveness, power and speed.
Sony Michel looks good as well. Perhaps a bit faster than Chubb is? I dunno Chubb looks pretty good in this game to me and makes me wonder why I have been hearing comments that he may not be the same player he was before his injury.
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JFS171
Footballguy
I think a lot of people saw pre-injury Chubb in the Gurley tier of prospects. While he’s still really good, I’m not sure he has that ceiling anymore. That said, I own him in a devy league and would love for him to be 100% of what he was pre-injury.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
He just had a 55 yard TD run that I didn't see because my cousin was channel surfing. 
JohnnyU
Footballguy
Hankmoody
Footballguy
I think he's still getting healthier. Good to hear, because I saw him earlier and he didn't look good, he was definitely not right. I think that's probably why he didn't enter last year's draft, that he knew he wasn't fully back yet and didn't want to damage his outlook.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
https://twitter.com/kylelive5/status/932025917051932673He just had a 55 yard TD run that I didn't see because my cousin was channel surfing.
Hankmoody
Footballguy
Biabreakable
Footballguy
JohnnyU
Footballguy
FIxed what?
Benny Snell jr is pretty good too and Ky will play in a bowl
Biabreakable
Footballguy
-OZ-
Footballguy
They're easy to confuse. Both on turf and the court. But neither is likely to stop Chubb.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
I have always had this problem with college teams because there are so many different college teams, I really can't keep track of them all. The problem gets exasperated for me in that college teams change their uniforms so much during the season as well giving me no continuity that way in identifying them through memory.
I get from what you guys are saying that Kentucky is not very good, and not as good as Kansas?
They did seem outmatched by Georgia on both sides of the ball in this game. After Chubbs big run they ran 3 jet sweeps in a row and got over 10 yards each time. In the drive after this they pulled their starting QB as well. On the other side of the ball Kentucky wasn't having much success on offense either.
Sorry for my ignorance. Theres really only about 30 or so college teams that I have some consistent familiarity with out of the 297 teams. On top of that every team has over 100 players on their roster and players rotate a lot more. In this game for example it seemed that Georgia had drives where they were just passing the ball. Drives where Chubb wasn't even in the game. Drives where Chubb was in the game, and then the drives after his big run. They have enough personnel that they can be playing completely different types of offense on any given drive.
I guess some people do it, but it would be a full time job to try to keep track of all this stuff. I have a hard enough time keeping up to speed with the 32 NFL teams.
In the NFL there are 1,696 players rostered at all times. A bit more than that considering practice squads so something like 2000 total players, which is a lot to keep track of.
In college each team has 125 players x 297 teams is 37,125 players and it is actually likely more than that. NFL rosters are only about 5% of all of the college teams rosters.
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-OZ-
Footballguy
Kansas is perhaps the worst team in the NCAA, among major schools. Kentucky is probably about average.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
How do you know this?
Just trying to learn a bit about the college teams.
While I think Georgia seemed like a better team than Kentucky, I wouldn't say that what Chubb was doing was all a result of good blocking. He made some very good cuts and also hurdled over trash at the line of scrimmage on a 2nd and 17 play before gaining additional yards after the move with a nice combination of burst back to near full speed and then power driving forward after contract for another 4-5 yards after this. He did not go down easy. He showed a good combination of several skills on that play and almost got the 1st down on it with multiple defenders around trying to stop him.
One of Georgias left tackles was injured on a drive prior to this and I don't know if that player returned to the game.
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JohnnyU
Footballguy
Kentucky is a bowl team and has some quality wins. That's a little better than average. Not a lot better, but a little better.
-OZ-
Footballguy
In the past that meant something. Now there are 40 bowl games. I guess that's slightly above average but the point remains, they aren't likely to stop Chubb unless he's just off.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I agree Chubb and the dogs are much better, but Ky deserves more respect than being mistaken for Kansas. Yes there a lot of Bowls but Ky plays in the tough SEC and are 7-4 with some quality wins.
-OZ-
Footballguy
it was originally a joke. I'm actually used to people confusing KU and UK. (I'm a Jayhawk)
