The Browns may have lost a key player in their success for this season.
On first-and-goal from the Steelers’ eight-yard line, running back Nick Chubb took the ball off from Deshaun Watson and went 5 yards to the three. Chubb tried to get up, but eventually grabbed his left leg in obvious pain at 14:14 of the second quarter.
“The last thing any Browns fan wants to see is Nick Chubb holding his left leg,” play-by-play announcer Joe Buck said.
It’s the same knee that Chubb tore while playing for the University of Georgia on Oct. 10, 2015. He tore three of the four ligaments in his left knee, all but the anterior cruciate ligament, and needed surgery as a result.
“We’re not going to show it. It’s about as bad as you can imagine,” Buck’s broadcast partner, Troy Aikman, said of the replay.
Akron native LeBron James offered some thoughts:
Reaction came quickly from all over the sporting world
Steelers defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick was also injured on the play.
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