Saturday Dawg Chow (10/19): Nick Chubb’s return, Garrett’s future, trade chatter and more!

The latest Cleveland Browns news and notes from around the NFL in the Saturday Dawg Chow.

The Cleveland Browns will bring a four-game losing streak into Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

That skid has the Browns sitting at the bottom of the AFC North standings and squarely in the hunt for the No. 1 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Normally that would make Sunday’s match-up a bit of a bland affair, even if it is against Cleveland’s kid brother from the southern part of the state. But it may be no ordinary game in the middle of another lost season.

That is because running back Nick Chubb is expected to make his first appearance of the season after missing the past year with a knee injury.

Because of who he is and what he means to the team and the city, Chubb’s return might provide enough of a spark to shake the Browns out of their current doldrums, at least for one day.

We are still day away from that, so let’s get the weekend rolling with today’s edition of the Saturday Dawg Chow.

Dawgs By Nature:

• Nick Chubb’s return to the Browns: From ‘Get the bat files’ to mom calling him ‘Mr. Batman’ to ‘The Oak Tree’ and more (Jared Mueller) - “When I ran, I knew that I was going to play again.” Nick Chubb is ready for his Cleveland Browns return.
• Browns vs. Bengals: Week 7 Need to Know (Thomas Moore) - The Cleveland Browns return home on Sunday to face the Cincinnati Bengals. Playing in front of the home fans for the first time in a month would normally be a comforting thought, but with the Browns currently in the midst of a four-game losing streak with a historically bad offense, the home fans are going to be on edge.
• Scouting the Cincinnati Bengals with our Q&A with Cincy Jungle (Chris Pokorny) - This Sunday, the Cleveland Browns return home as they take on the Cincinnati Bengals. To help preview a few topics from the Bengals’ perspective, we reached out to Anthony Cosenza from Cincy Jungle and exchanged five questions with him.
• Browns injuries: Nick Chubb given designation vs Bengals, 2 ruled out (Jared Mueller) - The Cleveland Browns are likely to get RB Nick Chubb back on Sunday versus the Cincinnati Bengals. The Week 7 return has been expected but Friday’s injury report will not make that certain. Chubb, who is still on the Physically Unable to Perform list, will be listed as questionable when the final injury report comes out later today.
• Browns defender named Week 7 NFLPA Community MVP (Matt Wilson) - Cleveland Browns cornerback Denzel Ward has been named the NFLPA’s Community MVP for week 7 after a generous contribution through his “Make Them Know Your Name” (MTKYN) Foundation.
• Browns vs Bengals: 2 big names, 1 lesser-known Cincy player who can ruin Nick Chubb’s return (Curtiss Brown) - The Cleveland Browns will begin...