There has been a whole lot written, and rightfully so, about Nick Chubb, the former Browns star running back who just signed a free-agent contract with the Houston Texans.

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But the best thing written, or said, about Chubb, was not done this week, last week or any week this year, or even last year.

It wasn’t done in Cleveland, Northeast Ohio or anywhere in Ohio.

It wasn’t done by anyone who roots for, or cares anything about in a positive way, the Browns.

And it wasn’t some long, drawn-out soliloquy filled with fancy prose and platitudes that, if stacked one on top of another, would reach to the stars.

It wasn’t lengthy at all. It was just two words.

“Mr. Chubb.”

That’s how Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin began referring to him several years ago.

Not “Chubb,” or “No. 24,” or “That guy.”

No, it was “Mr. Chubb.” Mr. is a word, an abbreviation, a prefix that exudes great respect. And that’s how Tomlin, and a lot of people in Pittsburgh, really, view Chubb, for if you recall, the fans at what was then known as Heinz Field stood up and applauded him — a standing ovation, as it were — as he was being carted off the field after destroying his leg in a Monday Night Football game on Sept. 18, 2023.

Yes, that’s the Steelers, who have been trash-talking back and forth with the Browns for three-quarters of a century, so much so that players on both teams once got tossed in the pre-game warmups.

Ladies and gentlemen, it doesn’t get any better, or tremendously respectful, than that.

Enough said.

In just two words.

That says it all.

Steve King

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