Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard’s poor performance in the team’s first three games became a major talking point after the Monday night loss to the Washington Commanders.

Perhaps the hamstring injury is more severe than the team initially realized, but this development comes as a surprise. Hubbard hasn’t been a staple of the injury report and isn’t on this week’s final report. To this point in the season, Hubbard has been playing 75 percent of the snaps for the unit.

We were down a bunch of guys and had to fill in,” Hubbard said after the game. “Whatever the team needs, I’m down for it. It’s about win, and now we got to start stacki

Carolina Panthers running back Chubba Hubbard finds a gap in the Cincinnati Bengals' defense for a 39-yard run.

The Cincinnati Bengals arent getting much from their pass rush to start the season, with Sam Hubbard being a problematic outlier. Hubbard, as pointed out by ESPN's Seth Walder, is at a pass-rush win rate of just five percent.