After relentless trade rumors, Bradley Chubb’s Week 10 performance in 30-13 win over Buffalo ranks among NFL’s best outings of recent years in one major stat
“And I took that personally” — Bradley Chubb, probably
Week 10 for Miami Dolphins pass rusher Bradley Chubb may as well be his Michael Jordan “And I took that personally” meme performance. Chubb was the subject of a lot of trade rumors and apparent discussions ahead of last week’s NFL trade deadline — marking a potential close to his career in Miami after what has been a slow start to 2025.
Chubb, who missed all of 2024 after a major knee injury in Week 17 of the 2023 season against Baltimore, was ultimately retained. And Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins and quarterback Josh Allen paid the price in a 30-13 victory for Miami. Chubb, for the first time all season, looked like the former top-10 overall draft choice he was made in 2018. The numbers are startling.
Bradley Chubb posts third-highest single game pressure total of any defender in 2025
Many, myself included, felt as recently as this past Tuesday that Miami needed to move on from Chubb with an eye towards shedding potential salary and an eye towards the future. So much for that. What the hell do I know, anyway?
Chubb was a monster against Buffalo. Unblockable would be an understatement. In all, Chubb posted 10 pressures of quarterback Josh Allen in Week 10. That figure ranks as the third-highest single-game pressure mark of any defensive player in football this season. The only players to post more pressures in a single game this season are Detroit’s Aidan Hutchinson (12 versus Tampa Bay) and Arizona’s Josh Sweat (11 versus Dallas).
NFL’s single-game pressure leaders of 2025 through SNF of Week 10
- Detroit’s Aidan Hutchinson (12) versus Tampa Bay
- Arizona’s Josh Sweat (11) versus Dallas
- Miami’s Bradley Chubb (10) versus Buffalo
- Green Bay’s Micah Parsons (10) versus Dallas
- Denver’s Jonathon Cooper (10) versus Los Angeles (Chargers)
Since the start of the 2024 season, the NFL has only seen 17 single game performances where a defender has posted double digit pressures. Names like Hutchinson (three times), Micah Parsons (three times), Sweat, San Francisco’s Nick Bosa, Cleveland’s Myles Garrett, and Baltimore’s Nnamdi Madubuike all populate the list. So, too, does Bradley Chubb. It’s his first-such game during his Dolphins career.
It’s a hell of a declarative performance from a player who had to endure a month of rumor mill discourse around his name. That book is closed — at least for the rest of this season. Chubb, like the rest of Miami, is playing under the increased intensity of upheaval in South Florida this offseason after former GM Chris Grier was dismissed at the end of October. And if he keeps playing like this (16 pressures in the last two games), he’s going to be a player Miami may want to blow off the idea of moving once again as they try to build back better in 2026.