Fantasy Files: Could both Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt ball out again in 2021?
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🗓️ 31 July 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Host Ian Hartitz breaks down Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt's fantasy value ahead of next season. The NFL's single-best backfield, both Chubb and Hunt rank highly as rushers, while the latter back has clearly been the better receiver over the course of their respective careers. This was essentially how the Browns rotated their backs in 2020: Chubb took most of the neutral situation and early-down work, while Hunt was almost always on the field for two-minute drills as well as on third downs. Ultimately, Ian is fine taking a bit of a leap of faith in the volume department when it's on two talented backs like this in an A+ offensive environment. The podcast concludes with Ian's specific ranking for both backs.
00:00 - 01:40 Intro
01:40 - 03:40 League’s best backfield
03:40 - 06:10 More touches and targets for Chubb
06:10 - 10:00 Breakdown of touches for the RBs
10:00 - 14:00 Ranks for the RBs
14:00 - 15:13 Outro
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to PFF Fancy football podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm your host Ian Hardickson. |
| 0:12.3 | Today we continue our fantasy final series with a look at Nick Chubb, Karim Hunt and PFF's |
| 0:17.4 | single highest ranked backfield and during the 2021 season. |
| 0:21.5 | I don't think there's all that much competition for that role to be honest with you. |
| 0:26.2 | I mean, if you just look at what other backfield and the league could feasibly have to top |
| 0:31.6 | 10 running backs, there really isn't one. |
| 0:33.8 | You know, in this, you know, great ranking that Ben Lindsay put together on July 20th, |
| 0:37.3 | you can find it at pff.com. |
| 0:39.2 | If you like culture number two, saints for number three, Vikings for Cowboys five. |
| 0:43.9 | Yeah, Pollard, Madison, Naim Heinz, the Tavis Murray, those guys are all great, but we're |
| 0:48.0 | not saying that any of them are legit top 10 backs in the league. |
| 0:52.0 | Maybe some of you Tony Pollard hives really are. |
| 0:54.6 | And, you know, just as the Browns case to have Hunt and Chubb, I don't think it's much |
| 0:59.5 | of a conversation in terms of who has the best backfield in the league. |
| 1:03.6 | And we do need to realize that this wasn't, you know, just the Browns being so far ahead, |
| 1:08.8 | you know, being light years ahead of the rest of the league in terms of, you know, player |
| 1:12.3 | development or roster construction. |
| 1:14.3 | They just got lucky in, you know, to an extent. |
| 1:17.7 | Nick Chubb, great at Georgia, but some of the knee injuries he had in college. |
| 1:22.3 | There's a reason why he was in the first round pick. |
| 1:24.6 | Then a cream hunt, we saw what he was doing with the chiefs. |
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