A few observations about running backs ...
Yesterday the Browns' starting running back, Nick Chubb, was lost with an injury after six carries. The Browns proceeded to rush for 307 yards, most in any NFL game in two years. ...

When former No. 2 overall pick Saquon Barkley was lost for the season with a knee injury, he had 34 yards on 19 carries. The two running backs who have replaced him, career backup Wayne Gallman and recent arrival Devonta Freeman, both have more yards on fewer carries. ...

The Lions have used two recent second-round picks on running backs. Their leading rusher is 35-year-old Adrian Peterson, who arrived in Detroit less than a week before the first game of the season. ...

The Jaguars cut former No. 4 overall pick Leonard Fournette and replaced him with undrafted rookie James Robinson, who is on pace to finish this season with 1,140 yards rushing and 644 yards receiving, more yards from scrimmage than Fournette had in any season in Jacksonville....

The Dolphins traded for Matt Breida and signed Jordan Howard in free agency this offseason. Their leading rusher is Myles Gaskin, a 2019 seventh-round pick. ...

Carolina made Christian McCaffrey the highest-paid RB in the NFL this year. He got hurt after two games and was replaced by career backup Mike Davis-who has more yards from scrimmage than McCaffrey. The Panthers won both games Davis started and lost both games McCaffrey started.