Last year, Cincinnati Bengals defensive ends Trey Hendrickson and Sam Hubbard enjoyed career seasons.
The former had career-highs in sacks and tackles, while the latter notched the second-most of his own great career in each statistical category. Both players were major contributors to one of the best seasons in team history.
However, at the end of the year, especially when Larry Ogunjobi was injured in the Wild Card game versus the Raiders, Hubbard and Hendrickson played a high volume of snaps as the team tried to find more rotational pass-rush help. With then-promising-rookies Joseph Ossai and Wyatt Hubert shelved for the year, Cincinnati struggled to find consistent rotational edge rush help.