re: Oh Nick Chubb

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I'll disagree with you on the agility part. Chubb's quickness, lateral movement and ability to make defenders miss in the open field is at least the equal of TGII.

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We can just agree to disagree then. That gurley run in the link against SC is more "agile" then anything we've ever seen from chubb. As for the rest:

quickness- what are you basing this on? Chubb's strength as a runner is shedding tacklers like they're children. He isn't really a juker.

lateral movement- I can only recall one run where chubb really put a move on someone laterally, it was the first long TD run against UF. Gurley time and time again would sidestep and break to daylight.

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ability to make defenders miss in the open field

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This is one area that I have absolutely no doubt that gurley is better. How many times have we seen gurley approach a defender head on and either put on a subtle little juke to go around, or stiff arm them to the ground, or run right past them, or jump over them? He did it multiple times a game. If anything that's the weakest part of chubbs game. Chubb's forte is attacking defenders and sitting them down, his game isn't really predicated on faking people out.

Going strictly by stats and numbers, sure chubb has a big leg up and will probably surpass Gurley's which isn't a surprise considering gurley basiclaly missed a full season (half of 13 and 14). But when comparing everythign in each back's arsenal I don't see how anyone can say chubb has the same abilities as gurley.