Posted on 11/16/2020 2:03:56 PM PST by C19fan
Nick Chubb was about to get Cleveland Browns bettors a great backdoor cover. Then he took a left turn just before the goal line.
The Browns were 3-point favorites at the beginning of the week, went to 3.5 and then 4 points at BetMGM as the week went on. They led the Houston Texans 10-7 with about a minute to go and it looked like a push or loss for Browns bettors. Then, Chubb broke free.
Chubb was running to daylight down the sideline, no Texans defender anywhere near him. It was an easy touchdown. Then, just before he scored, Chubb went out of bounds at the 1-yard line with 54 seconds left.
It made sense from a football standpoint. The Browns then took a knee and ran out the clock. The chances of the Texans coming back had Chubb scored to make the lead 17-7 were tiny, but Chubb running out of bounds basically ended the game.
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I have seen multiple this year of a player scoring when he should have not costing or almost costing their team a win. Kudos to Chubb for knowing the situation. Of course the gamblers and fantasy football nerds were angry.
ahh, yes this is the game.
I bought it down to 2.5 so I won..but yes oh boy...people were furious.
Any twitter feeds I can check out for a laugh?
No but i thought this one was pretty funny
https://twitter.com/NOTSportsCenter/status/1328084372113813506
here is the replay for those that havent seen it
https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1328083713436082179
I’ll save you the trouble... that SOB cost me a LOCK on my fantasy league,,, F him!! Take one more step! I win.. you win, we ALL win...
Good grief.
Die NFL, die.
This crap only matters to those who watch this charade of a sport. They are long dead to me.
Take one more step! I win.. you win, we ALL win...
Except the guy you were playing in fantasy against right? The only mistake Chubb made was he should have slid inbounds. One less victory formation snap. You do NOT give the other team the ball with one minute where TD/onside/FG remains a possibility (even if remote). Not when you can line up in victory formation and end it that way. Nick Chubb did the right thing. And for those who hate the NFL, you might be surprised at what a decent guy Nick Chubb is.
LOL. Who gives a flying f*** about gamblers?
I don’t watch NFL anymore but this is just idiotic. Take the 2 score lead for padding. If you are up 40 I can see running out of bounds to not run up the score.
I will never forget Joe Pisarcik. True, he tried to handoff rather than take a knee but still fumbles, bad snaps, weird things have happened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7-komLkBsI
Oh, Tony’s not gonna like that...
It happened in the Penn State Indiana game. The Penn State running back scored giving Penn State a four point lead with one minute left Indiana drove the length of the field and scored a touchdown for the win
Not idiotic at all. Kick to Houston with a minute left, or take victory formation and never give them a chance. Victory formation was the correct choice.
Here’s a link where the pats beat the browns being down two scores with a minute remaining. While very rare, this scenario is WAY more possible than a QB fumbling a victory formation snap. And to reinforce this, Houston didn’t even try to disrupt the final two victory snaps.
As Chubb said later, “we don’t play for gamblers.” Great heads-up player.
Is his primary assignment padding the point spread or winning the game?
(Don’t answer that.)
What would Brian Sipe have done? n
(Gotten sacked, possible fumble.)
Wait, who the hell bets on the Browns?!
Nick Chubb made a LOT of enemies in Cleveland. They could have covered the spread with that score!
The guy I was playing against DESERVED to lose. He’s a loser. He’s used to it. I, am not.
Nick Chubb made a LOT of enemies in Cleveland.
I live in Cleveland. Maybe you do too. But I’ve heard nothing, zero, negative about him. He’s a fan favorite. He’s considered to possibly be our best RB since Jim Brown. He’s considered to be humble, soft-spoken, with a work-ethic that we think epitomizes our area. If you know of enemies in Cleveland, I certainly haven’t seen or heard from them.
I remember a Hard Knocks where Baker was going through the airport mobbed by reporters and entourage. Chubb is by himself at baggage claim. Dude asks “do you play football too?” Chubb says “yeah. I’m Nick”. “Who did you play for?” “Georgia”. That was it. Very cool.
Yet you still read the postings and feel the need to comment. Funny, most of the things “long dead” to me I totally ignore. And certainly don’t post about.
Have long believed that the NFL is as rigged as the 2020 election. Too much money at stake to leave it to chance.
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