Cleveland Browns are giving the fans exactly what they want when it comes to perhaps the most popular player in Cleveland.

Nick Chubb’s roster spot for the 2024 season is locked in and we have not seen Chubb’s last run in a Browns uniform. The two sides have worked out a restructured contract that will lower the $11.775 base salary for Chubb and give him the ability to earn it back in incentives. The news was first reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

The #Browns and star RB Nick Chubb have agreed on a reworked contract for 2024 to lower his base of $11.775M, sources tell me and @TomPelissero, with a chance to earn it back in incentives.

Chubb is working his way back from a serious knee injury, but isn’t going anywhere. pic.twitter.com/c6hr3wQeuE

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 11, 2024

According to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, the Browns have reduced his salary cap hit from $15.85 million to $6.275 million. Chubb can earn up to $12.2 million during the 2024 season.

On Nick Chubb’s reworked deal, the #Browns reduced his salary cap hit from $15.85M to $6.275M, per source.

Deal gives him the opportunity to earn up to $12.2M in 2024 based on performance levels he had achieved prior to injury.

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) April 11, 2024

Chubb is in the middle of working his way back from the gruesome knee injury he suffered in Week 2 of the 2023 season against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since then, Chubb has had to have two surgeries to get his knee right. There is no timetable table to when Chubb will return, it could be after the start of the season but that is yet to be known.

Soon, Chubb is set to begin load running and that will be an important step in his rehabilitation. The recovery has gone well and he may even be ahead of schedule. Still, the Browns shouldn’t rush him and their free agency moves may show they have no plans to. Kareem Hunt was replaced by D’Onta Foreman and the Browns also signed Nyheim Hines.

Chubb has been a fan favorite since he was drafted by the Browns back in 2018. The Pro Bowl running back has been one of the best in the game and has had five straight seasons of at least 1,000 yards rushing before last season.

Some good news toward the end of the week that fans will be delighted to see. The Browns will still have No. 24 running the ball in Cleveland for at least another season.