Generally, scoring a landing is a nasty factor, until you’re the Jets — and Nick Chubb is aware of it.
The Browns star is taking the blame for a landing run that ought to have put away the Jets on Sunday.
Two days after the Browns collapsed and blew a 13-point lead within the last two minutes to lose 31-30 to the Jets, the 26-year-old working again mentioned he made a mistake by going into the top zone for his third TD of the day with 1:55 left.
“I most likely shouldn’t have scored proper there, actually, wanting again at it,” Chubb informed reporters Tuesday. “It value us the sport.”
With the Browns main 24-17, Chubb took a handoff from the 12-yard line and ran left. He made a cutback, stepped by a tackler and scored to place Cleveland up by 13 and ship a raucous residence crowd right into a frenzy.
But when Chubb had run out of bounds or had been tackled after choosing up a primary down, the Browns might have merely taken a knee 3 times, run out the clock and improved to 2-0 for the primary time in 29 years.
Chubb’s flub was simply the primary of a comedy of errors that sunk the Browns and gave head coach Robert Saleh’s Jets a stunning first win of the season.
First, rookie Cade York missed the additional level after Chubb’s TD. Second, the Browns’ secondary failed to speak and gave up a 66-yard TD go to Corey Davis. Third, Cleveland large receiver Amari Cooper did not get better the Jets’ onside kick. Lastly, the Browns let Jets quarterback Joe Flacco, working with no timeouts, throw a 15-yard TD go to rookie receiver Garrett Wilson with 22 seconds left.
Chubb didn’t understand till after the sport all these different errors by his teammates wouldn’t have occurred if he had simply gone down earlier than crossing the top zone.
“Loads of issues went mistaken, not only one factor,” he mentioned. “However collectively as a unit, as a staff we might have all performed issues completely different, nevertheless it’s solely an issue as a result of we didn’t win. So I most likely ought to have went down.”
Kevin Stefanski appreciated that Chubb needs to be accountable, however the head coach additionally took the blame for not getting ready him for that scenario.
“Put it on me,” Stefanski mentioned. “The gamers don't conceal from it. I don't conceal from it.”
Chubb, one of many Browns’ staff leaders, mentioned it wasn’t a simple play, however he reiterated that he shouldn't have scored.
“It could have been powerful [to stop],” he mentioned. “I feel the first-down marker was on the 1 or 2 and the purpose line is correct there, too. I most likely might have gotten down. It could have been third-and-short, third-and-inches, nevertheless it most likely might have occurred.
“I might have went out of bounds, however folks had been behind and they'd have pushed me in or one thing like that. I most likely ought to have simply dropped down after I made the minimize.”
Surprisingly, Chubb acquired it proper in an analogous scenario two years in the past.
In that sport towards the Texans, with Cleveland defending a 10-7 lead, Chubb acquired unfastened on a 59-yard run, however as an alternative of scoring, he stepped out of bounds on the 1-yard line and the Browns burned the remaining time.
Two years in the past, Stefanski had despatched in a play known as “no mas” to make sure the clock administration.
Chubb mentioned he shouldn’t have needed to be informed once more.
“All of us work collectively,” Chubb mentioned. “All of us talk. However on the finish of the day, I’ve been in that scenario earlier than and so I actually can’t put it on anybody however myself at this level. I feel the most important factor is I used to be conscious of what was occurring and I assumed the sport was over if I’m being sincere.”
— With AP
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