–Teammates were stunned when the Browns traded starting running back Carlos Hyde to the Jacksonville Jaguars last Friday.
“It was a shock to me,” running back Nick Chubb said. “It was a shock to everyone here. We had no idea that it was happening. I know for me personally, I was enjoying playing with him and learning from him. He taught me so much in just the time we were here. No one saw it coming. It is what it is. Have to keep moving forward.”
The move makes Chubb the starting running back.
–The Browns have played in four overtime games this season. That ties a franchise record set in 1989. It is the most for any NFL team since the Arizona Cardinals played four overtime games in 2011.
“Our team has probably played a whole other game in overtime,” head coach Hue Jackson said. “It’s been a lot of snaps. I don’t know if there’s any magic to it, other than that we have to find a way in those situations to win the game.”
The Browns are 1-2-1 in overtime.
–Browns center JC Tretter is a gamer. He was hobbled by a high ankle sprain last week, played every offensive snap against the Buccaneers last Sunday and was back in a walking boot on Monday and Wednesday.
“We knew it was going to be kind of a battle of soreness for a while,” Tretter said. “We’re going to just kind of stick to the same plan, try to get ahead of it and get as much rehab and recovery as much as possible during the week. Same plan going forward. We understand that until it gets healed up, it’s going to be sore, but I plan on continuing to play and try to play at a high level.”
BY THE NUMBERS: 7 – Sacks by defensive end Myles Garrett are the most sacks in franchise history going back to when sacks started being counted.
