Browns RB Nick Chubb expected to practice this week for first time since knee injury last year

By TOM WITHERS The Associated Press

FILE - Injured Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb before an NFL football game against the New York Giants Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Sue Ogrocki]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns’ sluggish, struggling offense could get a jolt this week. Nick Chubb is nearly back. One of the NFL’s top running backs from 2019-22, Chubb is expected to practice for the first time in more than a year on Wednesday. He suffered a major knee injury in Week 2 last season against Pittsburgh. Chubb began this season on the physically unable to perform list. The team intends to open the 21-day window in which he can practice. Chubb could be playing by the end of October. The four-time Pro Bowler had two surgeries on the same knee he hurt while in college at Georgia.