Anyone who bet that the Cleveland Browns would cover as 4.5-point favorites over the Houston Texans in Week 10 were sadly disappointed.
Running back Nick Chubb could have easily scored on what was a 59-yard run with 1:07 left in the fourth quarter.
Instead, Chubb ran out of bounds at the Texans’ 1-yard line with 56 seconds left so the Browns could run out the clock and not give the ball back to the Texans.
Some sportsbooks had the Browns as 3.5-point favorites.
The Browns won the game 10-7, but did not cover the spread.
NBA Hall of Famer and “Inside the NBA” analyst Charles Barkley was among the frustrated bettors who wagered on the Browns to cover.
“If you guys see Nick Chubb, please just punch him in his face for me,” Barkley told ESPN Cleveland. “I had the Browns last week, and let me tell you something, I don’t know Nick Chubb. He’s a Georgia guy, right?
“Yeah, he’s a nice kid, but if he ever runs out of bounds like that again, I’m going to fly to Cleveland personally and just beat the hell out of him. Let me tell you something, I’m jumping up and down because I’m thinking, man, I’m going to get this cover. And, when he ran out of bounds I almost like… ‘Wait, did he just run out of bounds?’
“So next time I see Nick Chubb, I’m going to punch him in his face, I promise you that.”
We just found out Charles Barkley had the Browns -4.5 last week.
Charles jokes on Chubb: "He's a nice kid, but if he ever runs out of bounds like that again…"
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The ESPN Cleveland host told Barkley that if Chubb went to Auburn, he wouldn’t threaten to punch the former Georgia running back.
“No, if he went to Auburn, I’d kill him, but just because he went to Georgia, I’m just going to punch him in the face and I’m going to feel better about that,” Barkley joked. “That was brutal. That was brutal to me, I’m not going to lie. That hurt me.”
Barkley attended Auburn from 1981-1984.
The Browns rushed for 231 yards in the win over the Texans.
It marked Chubb’s first game back from a knee injury since the Oct. 4 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Chubb (126 rushing yards) and running back Kareem Hunt (104 rushing yards) became the first Browns teammates to each rush for 100 yards in the same game since Leroy Kelly (113) and Ernie Green (103) on Oct. 8, 1966.
Hunt also caught three passes for 28 yards.
Chubb has eclipsed 100 yards rushing in three of his five games this season.
Headed into Week 11, Chubb has 461 rushing yards on 76 carries and five touchdowns in five games.
Het dumb shit, they keep the ball out of their hands and run the clock out.
First of all Charles in your prime you couldn’t last five seconds in a fight with nick chubb has physically stronger than you faster than you and take a look at Nate Robinson representing for nba players getting in hurt business really skillful boxing technique running right into that hook after first k lockdown not to say that football players can box either butt wow wat a joke I will say you looked like you had more skills then Shaquille butt we both know the black mamba could have knocked you shaq or leSt skilled lebron berry fewer us are born with that killer instinct Kobe Tyson Jordan haha guys like us compete till the end we train hard perfect our craft and do whatever it takes to win I think you should get in ring with floyd the worst fighter I ever seen I week scared little man that cant walk his kids to school without bodyguards you could mess him up just not in gambling he’s best at that now gimmie so.e love we all k ow these are facts
Dan your comments are right on point today we all know why Floyd’s isthe richest athlete cause he really just the best gambler and everyone knows why he never loses about and Charles never wins as for fighting we all know plenty of 12 year old boxers that would wipe the floor with floyd money Mayweather he always seemed to fight notable fighters on there way out never in their prime a true coward I heard he had trouble with harry potter books too floyd is the total opposite of a bl k mamba he doesn’t have a drop of killer instinct in his blood