The upside of things is that playing with Hunt may extend the usable part of his career by a year or two, maybe more. So I'd take a top 10 guy for 6-8 years versus a top 5 guy for 4-6, just as a rough example.
I think people have finally come around to Chubb's somewhat limited upside with Hunt there, but are still overestimating Chubb's floor with Hunt there.
I know I just did this same exercise with Baker, but I'll say it again with Chubb. Chubb just put up a top 10 season (RB8 in PPG) with Hunt in town. But that was with Cleveland having it's best season of the last couple decades. That was with Cleveland winning 11 games with a good defense that allowed them to finish top 5 in rush attempts with lots of scoring opportunities and a season full of positive game scripts (which favor Chubb over Hunt, while negative game scripts favor the opposite).
Let's not forget the year prior, when Cleveland was struggling, Chubb was barely a low RB2 (RB23 in PPG) in the 8 games he played with Hunt as Cleveland fell near the bottom of the league in rush attempts and had lots of negative game scripts.
So for Chubb we have something like...
- Mid/low RB1 when Cleveland is a playoff team
- Mid/low RB2 when Cleveland is bad
Given the history of the Browns, and how often playoff teams regress (Eagles, 9ers, Texans were all playoff teams in 2019) I'm not sure I want to bet on paying mid RB1 prices for a guy with Mid RB1 upside that likely only maintains so long as the NFL's worst franchise overachieves.
Chubb's age complicates things more because while a young RB can shake off a disappointing RB2 seasons, a guy in Chubb's age bracket gets hit 5x as hard by it. If the Browns stink this year and Chubb enters next offseason coming off a mid RB2 season headed into his age 27 season his value will be peanuts relative to where it is now.
Of course I hate to say all of this because I love Chubb's talent as a runner, and don't disagree at all with the notion that he may be the best pure runner in the NFL. But I've cut bait on all my dynasty teams for the reasons listed above, notably that he's basically priced at his upside with a fairly decent chance that he doesn't hit it.
Of course as things usually go with FF this probably means Hunt will get hurt in the preseason, Cleveland will somehow be even better next year, and Chubb will rush for 2500 yards or something