Nick Chubb won’t shut things down even without a playoff chance

BEREA − It would’ve been understandable if Nick Chubb’s foot injury was enough for him to take the Browns’ final two games off in order to heal. Both the playoffs and a winning season are off the table.

To do that, however, would run counter to what the Browns’ running back has shown himself to be over his career. That’s why he was quick to shoot down any talk of him resting his ailing foot for the last two games, starting this Sunday at Washington.

“Not at all,” Chubb said Wednesday.

The foot injury occurred late in the Browns’ Dec. 17 win over the Baltimore Ravens. It was enough for Chubb, who famously doesn’t even sit out practices, to miss two practices in the week leading into last Saturday’s loss to the New Orleans Saints.

Chubb was back on the practice field last Thursday, and played the full game against the Saints. Despite the cold and the wind, he rushed for 92 yards on 24 carries, his second consecutive game of at least 92 rushing yards after having been held to 80 yards or less in four of the five games prior to the win over the Ravens.

“Yeah, it was tough for sure,” Chubb said. “I mean, that’s the coldest I’ve ever felt, ever. So I mean, it was great. I thought we still ran the ball pretty well. I thought we could do a little things better here and there, but overall, I mean, I think it was OK for us.”

Chubb is currently the league’s No. 3 rusher with 1,344 yards, and fourth in rushing touchdowns with 12. He’s 195 yards behind the NFL’s leading rusher, the Las Vegas Raiders’ Josh Jacobs, who has 1,539 yards.