Report Browns Likely to Lose Nick Chubb to Highly Motivated NFC Squad

D’Andre Swift remains the Bears’ presumed starting running back in 2025 with two years left on his $24 million contract. Swift’s speed and slipperiness could prove the perfect complement to Chubb’s talents as a RB duo in the NFC North Division.he Cleveland Browns want to bring Nick Chubb back next season, and potentially beyond, but they face stiff competition from an NFC team on the rise.

The Chicago Bears tried to trade up for star running back Ashton Jeanty in last weekend’s NFL draft. But after that failed, the franchise set its sights directly on Chubb and his continued free agency.

New Bears head coach Ben Johnson built a two-headed monster in the run game during his three-year run as the offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, and he’s looking to mirror that approach during his first season at the helm in Chicago.

The Browns want to bring Nick Chubb back, and they are trying hard to bring Nick back,” Ken Carman of 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland said on Thursday, May 1. “I also know, the Bears — now they’re gonna make it public, and they’re gonna go after him. They’re beating down the door.”

The Browns’ decision to select two running backs in the draft this year also sends a clear message to Chubb that even if he’s back in Cleveland next year, he likely won’t be in the driver’s seat for the starting job — at least not when training camp opens this summer.

“Did [the Browns] taking the two rookies make it easy for Nick Chubb to go elsewhere?” Carman’s co-host Anthony Lima asked later in the discussion.

“It might have,” Carman responded.

“So if they really wanted Chubb, they kinda shot themselves in the foot,” Lima added.