Now that the season is over, it’s a good time for players to recover from some injuries that they suffered over the long season.
Cincinnati Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin said Sam Hubbard is doing just that after apparently having surgery on an undisclosed injury he was dealing with late in the year. The defensive end played through the injury and Tobin seemed extremely impressed that he still went out every week to try to give the Bengals a chance at the playoffs.
“He was just a warrior and played through things most human beings wouldn’t play through and gave us the opportunity to go out there with a chance to win,” Tobin said. “That’s what Sam Hubbard is all about.”
The Bengals dealt with major injuries all season, most notably to quarterback Joe Burrow who had to miss most of the second half of the year due to wrist surgery. He apparently wasn’t the only one dealing with an injury that needed to be surgically repaired, but Hubbard powered through.
Cincinnati finished with a winning record this season, but if everyone is able to get healthy and stay healthy next season, it will be a very different team than what the Bengals were playing as late in the season.
