Ex-NFL players want Minkah Fitzpatrick suspended for 'dirty hit' on Nick Chubb that saw Browns star

Former NFL players have reportedly been blasting Minkah Fitzpatrick for the tackle that led to Cleveland Browns star Nick Chubb's horror injury.

The Pittsburgh Steelers safety dove into the running back's legs to stop him from reaching the end zone in the second quarter of Monday's 26-22 win.

As the two collided, Chubb's knee bent 90 degrees in a gruesome scene that ESPN refused to play back during Monday Night Football.

The Browns have confirmed the four-time Pro Bowler suffered a season-ending injury on the play.

And Good Morning Football host Kyle Brandt claims that there have been calls for Fitzpatrick, 26, to be penalized for the "dirty hit."

"I’m texting with some people who played in the league who said, the Minkah hit is dirty, he should be fined, he should be suspended, there is no business for that, he went low when [Chubb] was vulnerable," Brandt said on Tuesday.

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But his co-host and ex-NFL cornerback, Jason McCourty, disagreed.

"I don't think it was intentionally dirty," McCourty said.

“When you look at the replay, you see him going low while someone is tackling him up high – and you’re like, 'Well why would he do that?'

"From a safety's position – you have to remember, DBs are the smallest guys out there on the field a lot of times.

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"The way you get a big back down, you have to go low.

"If you’re Minkah Fitzpatrick, you can’t tackle a Nick Chubb up high because he’s going to run right through you."

Chubb, 27, could be heard screaming in pain after taking the hit from Fitzpatrick.

And when the replay was shown at Acrisure Stadium, the crowd released a loud gasp of shock.

The running back had to be carted off the field after Pittsburgh's athletic trainers tended to him.

Chubb rushed for 64 yards on 10 carries in just over a quarter before getting hurt.

Fitzpatrick himself ended up in the hospital on Monday night, undergoing scans for an apparent chest contusion.

But reports claim they came back negative and that the Steelers star avoided a serious injury.

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