In honor of Halloween, we’re looking at the three scariest Browns players.
The Cleveland Browns have a big Halloween this year, as they take on Ben Roethlisberger in what could be his last game in the stadium he once called home. Jokes aside, it could be the end of this era of Pittsburgh Steeler football, and this horrifying and suffocating era may be sent off with a smashing worthy of The Monster Mash.
While the Browns have lived in fear of what the Steelers could and had done to them for the better part of the last 15-odd years, the times have changed and now it’s The Browns who have the team that people should be afraid of.
The Browns have one of the most dangerous and spooky rosters in all of football, and they’re anchored by a slew of Pro Bowl and All-Pro Talent. They’re one of the most consistent squads and offensively, have one of the best systems in the game. Led by the mad scientist himself, Kevin Stefanski, the Browns have changed their culture and their fortunes.
They’ve also assembled a complete cast of crazies who go all out in every game. To give you some idea of who isn’t on this list but could be, Baker Mayfield, Jack Conklin, Jarvis Landry, and Jadeveon Clowney just missed the cut.
Mayfield is the mad man who chucks bombs, Jack Conklin is the stoic mauler on the right side of the line, while Landry just slithers in and out of defenses, catching touchdowns as he goes. Then you have Clowney, who is equal parts running back bully and quarterback stalker.
So let’s get into the top three.
Wyatt Teller
If you’re a defensive player, the last person you want running you down is Wyatt Teller. At 6’4, and 315 pounds, Teller is one of the bigger guards in all of football. He isn’t some raw speedster, with a 40 time of just 5.24. He isn’t overly athletic for a guy his size, with his three-cone drill coming in dead average (7.45) but yet, somehow, he seems to move faster in pads.
They call it downhill running, the perception that a guy is moving faster than he normally should for some reason as if he was running downhill. This is a term used mostly for offensive players, as they’re always moving forward while having of the defense is backing up in reverse.
It’s true, too, as Teller seems to rip apart defenses with relative ease. He’s not going to get cute or fancy, just lower his head and shoulders and plow into an opposing player with relative ease. The destruction he causes is impressive, especially for an offensive lineman. There was a time in 2020 when he was a Top 10 candidate for MVP, which is a rarity.
He got hurt and didn’t manage to accomplish the feat of finishing that high in the MVP voting but the fact that his chaos-causing play got him that noticed is a sign of how brutal he is.
Myes Garrett
Myles Garrett is the worst kind of monster; one that you can’t entirely stop. Granted, the Jason Vorhees metaphor worked really well for Wyatt Teller and Garrett but for the sake of keeping it a bit different with each entry, we’re going to switch gears and talk about the fact that Garrett seems to be able to get you from anywhere.
He’s destroyed opposing offenses from the left defensive end spot, right defensive end spot, from inside as a tackle, and even in a two-point stance off the edge. Garrett’s versatility makes him an incredibly hard player to stop. Well, his versatility as a player and the fact that he’s 6’4, 271 pounds, and runs like a wide receiver.
That type of power and speed in one person makes him the ultimate quarterback hunter. Hunter is a great word to describe Garrett, as he’s actually known to have a quarterback graveyard in the front of his house (it’s “only” for Halloween; of course). With his skills, attributes, and natural ability to get after people holding an oblong ball, he’s the ultimate predator for quarterbacks
Granted, Garrett can’t go invisible like the Predator from the film franchise can. At least we don’t think he can. However, it would explain why the referees never seem to see him get held by opposing linemen.
Nick Chubb
There is no movie monster that best fits Nick Chubb. He’s not the Wolf Man or Dracula. He’s not Chucky or Pinhead. If anything, he’s more of a natural disaster waiting to happen. The asteroid from Deep Impact, perhaps? Or maybe the tornado from Twister? He’s not a monster, he’s more of a natural disaster waiting to happen. A force of nature that can’t be stopped. He’s a player who is so skilled, so determined and so patient that he can actually break opposing defenses if he’s given enough time.
Like Thanos in the Avengers, Chubb is inevitable.
Having a player like Chubb redefines an entire game. It’s easy to say that he’s the best pure runner in the game but why is always left out. Well, he’s fast. While a 4.52 isn’t blinding speed, he’s able to go ten yards in a little more than a second and the only guys who are within that ten yards are either his teammates or opposing linebackers and linemen. He’s certainly faster than them.
He’s also shifty. When players try to tackle him, they often fall off him and get left by the wayside. Sure, some of its the generation he plays in, and the lack of fundamentals when tackling is an obvious problem but that doesn’t mean he can’t shed tackles as well.
Then there’s his greatest weapon, his power. When Chubb hits you, he hits you like a combat athlete. He’s dazed and put down more than one player and when he throws his stiff arm, watch out, because you’re going to be looking for the rest of your facemask when you come to.
Chubb has made more than one coach have nightmares, worrying about ways to try and stop this guy. He is the most feared for a reason.