Nick Chubb recalls ex-Browns player Jarvis Laundry’s influence: ‘If we had Jarvis here, it’d be amazing’

Receiver Jarvis Landry is not enjoying for the Cleveland Browns, however his affect on his former teammates continues to be felt.

Operating again Nick Chubb and two of his present teammates, David Njoku and Denzel Ward, spoke in regards to the constructive affect Landry had on the locker room throughout his tenure with the Browns.

Landry joined the Browns in 2018, and 7 gamers who performed with the receiver are nonetheless on Cleveland’s roster.

Chubb was in his first NFL season in 2018. On Tuesday, the three-time Professional Bowl working again reminisced about how Landry helped him and the crew after they had been coming off an 0-16 season. 

“Jarvis taught me so much,” Chubb stated Tuesday. “I got here in right here as a younger rookie, and he was Jarvis Landry. Simply on and off the sphere, every part, he is at all times there for me. An amazing particular person, an important participant, an important chief. He was an enormous a part of me being who I’m in soccer.”

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Njoku, a 26-year-old tight finish, stated Landry helped shift the crew’s tradition.

“I believe he was one of many predominant causes we acquired this factor circled, together with clearly a number of different gamers,” he advised the Cleveland Browns official crew web site. “I’ve to present credit score to him for almost all of it as a result of he had the mentality and the mindset of profitable and pushing by means of adversity. I really feel like that rubbed on a bunch of gamers on the time when he was right here.”

Nick Chubb (24) of the Cleveland Browns runs with the ball as Jamel Dean (35) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers pursues through the second half at FirstEnergy Stadium Nov. 27, 2022, in Cleveland.
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Landry will return to Cleveland this week together with his present crew, the New Orleans Saints. The Louisiana native signed a one-year deal price as much as $6 million within the offseason.

Landry had a profitable run in Cleveland, and he ranks fifteenth in franchise historical past with 3,560 receiving yards.

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Landry delivered a passionate speech throughout an episode of HBO’s “Laborious Knocks” through the 2018 preseason. He spoke about training by means of ache and dealing arduous each single day. The Browns completed 7-8-1 that season.

“I keep in mind the video,” Chubb stated. “What he stated was true: If you happen to’re wholesome, you possibly can follow. You must, and issues wanted to alter round right here. Ever since then, issues have modified. It is a whole lot of doing what Jarvis did right here.”

Jarvis Landry (5) of the New Orleans Saints in motion in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Caesars Superdome Sept. 18, 2022, in New Orleans.
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Landry has suffered a number of accidents over the course of his soccer profession, however he has constantly battled by means of the ache. 

He performed and practiced by means of a rib damage in 2020 and a knee damage final season.

Landry’s former teammates know he’ll convey his A-game after they meet on the sphere. 

“If we had Jarvis right here, it might be superb,” Chubb stated. “He was an important participant and an important teammate. All of us love him.”