The Pittsburgh Steelers faced arguably the best pure runner in the NFL in the second game of the season when they hosted the Cleveland Browns. At least, they dealt with him for about a half before RB Nick Chubb suffered a severe injury, ending his season.
Yet not a great deal has changed since then. The Browns have gone 5-2 without him. While the run game took an initial backslide the first two weeks without him, it regrouped after the bye and has been averaging about 150 rushing yards per game over the past five weeks.
The Steelers’ run defense, unfortunately, hasn’t changed much either.