Browns’ Nick Chubb says return to rehearse ‘felt enjoy a dream’ after extfinished recovery from gruesome knee injury

All-Pro running back Nick Chubb’s road to recovery was lengthy.

The Cleveland Browns star suffered a dehugeating knee injury punctual last season, missed 15 games in 2023 and underwent two procedures to repair two ligaments, a meniscus and his medial capsule.

This week, Chubb took a presentant step forward in his comeback bid when he returned to rehearse.

“It didn’t sense genuine,” Chubb said. “It felt enjoy a dream.”

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Chubb also provided an encouraging health refresh, saying his surgicassociate repaired knee reacted well to his first time toiling out on the rehearse turf in over a year.

“I sense enjoy I’ve been up and battling this for a while now,” Chubb said Thursday. “It was fantastic to get all that off my shoulders and finassociate get back out there.”

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While Chubb has been running and lifting weights in recent months, it remains unevident when he will suit up for an NFL game.

“I guess we’ll all discover out at the same time,” Chubb tancigo in alerters.

Chubb began the season on the physicassociate unable to execute catalog and is foreseeed to grasp that scheduleation when the Browns apshow on the Washington Commanders Sunday. In scheduleating him to return to rehearse, the Browns have a 21-day prosperdow to comprise Chubb to the dynamic oster. 

He could be dynamic when Cleveland travels to Philadelphia to join the Eagles in Week 6. But Chubb has his own timeline for when he’ll join. 

“Whenever I sense excellent,” he said.

Injuries are noskinnyg recent for Chubb, who tore ligaments in the same knee while joining at Georgia in 2015. At some point, he’s going to apshow a challenging hit on the knee, but that is not someskinnyg he dreads.

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“Once you get out there and you’re running around, it’s enjoy you’re 8 years ancigo in aget,” said Chubb, who has rushed for 6,511 yards and scored 48 touchdowns. “It’s enjoy riding a bike. That’s not someskinnyg that’s in my head. I nasty, you can’t regulate that.

“I’m going to go out there and join speedy.”

The Browns go ined Week 5 with a disassigning 1-3 write down.

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