Browns Josh Cribbs will try new role at running back

How could you describe the Cleveland Browns player Josh Cribbs? Kick returner? Wide receiver or quarterbacker? Simply putting on Browns jersey, the player just can do any job the team wants him to do. I mean what I say here, and the Browns are really considering placing Cribbs on a new position: the running back.

And some began to believe that he will do a good job in the new position. And after watching him slice through Pittsburgh’s defense, Browns Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas thinks Cribbs would be a great one.

“There’s no doubt,” Thomas said. “I think he’s too valuable to take off of kick return and punt return and special teams, but there’s no doubt in my mind, especially after seeing the things that he did that he’d be an extremely successful running back in the NFL.”

Now let’s see what Cribbs can do as a running back. During last week’s 13-6 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cribbs rushed for 87 yards and had a career-long 37-yard run to help set up Cleveland’s only touchdown and made a crucial 14-yard run on a 3rd-and-11 play in the fourth quarter when the Browns were trying to stop the rival from scoring with little time left.

Browns WR Cribbs hope to play against Lions

The Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Cribbs was thinking that he would be able to play again six days after he was injured on field while playing against the Baltimore Ravens.

Cribbs said Friday that he expects to play this Sunday against the Detroit Lions. The undrafted free agent was hit by Ravens defensive tackle Dwan Edwards in Monday’s loss to the Baltimore. However, he defended Edwards after hearing that the latter was fined $5,000 by the league.

“I don’t feel he should’ve been fined for it,” Cribbs said. “It’s football. Just as he hit me, I could’ve hit him blocking for my guy. It happened during the play between the whistles. They have rules in place to protect players, but I don’t think it was intentional at all.”

Cribbs has not received a new contract from the Browns yet, although he has been playing in Browns jersey for all the season as the team has asked. His agent, J.R. Rickert has been negotiating with the team but there has been little movement.