Across The Shield: Sam Hubbard Leads the Bengals to First Win, Bradley Roby Honors His Late Grandfather, and Dre'Mont Jones Comes Down an Interception

Sam Hubbard Gets a Win

It's been a long year for the Bengals. 

With only a chance at the No. 1 overall pick to lift their spirits, Bengals fans have had a rude awakening to the new era led by first-year coach Zac Taylor. Injuries, suspensions and the worst record in the league is not how Cincinnati envisioned 2019.

But on Sunday, Bengals fans had a reason to cheer. 

Cincinnati got its first win of the year, beating the Jets 22-6 at home, and former Buckeye Sam Hubbard played a big role recording five tackles and a sack.

Sam Hubbard has played Sam backer quite a bit, but putting him at Mike backer to blitz is interesting pic.twitter.com/vQYoX0MmbA

— Matt Minich (@CoachMinich) December 1, 2019

It has been a rough season, but Hubbard has been a consistent bright spot for the Bengals and his performance only solidified that his hometown team is better with him in its future. 

Bradley Roby returns in a big way 

Bradley Roby had a hell of a game in his return to the field, and with a heavy heart.

After a hamstring injury kept him sidelined for five weeks, Roby entered the Texans Sunday night matchup against the Patriots eager to play. 

Only hours ago, Roby had attended the funeral for his late-grandfather and was determined to play one of the best games of his career. 

He delivered by recording four tackles, a sack and an interception in the Texans 28-22 win. 

Picked off and returned inside the red zone! @BradRoby_1 #WeAreTexans

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— NFL (@NFL) December 2, 2019

Dre'Mont Jones gets a pick

Buckeye fans have known Dre'Mont Jones has a nice pair of mitts going back to his pick six against TCU in 2018, so it was only a matter of time before Jones showed that talent in the NFL. 

In the Broncos win over the Chargers, Jones did just that, intercepting Philip Rivers after sniffing out the screen for one of the best plays of his rookie season.

Dre'Mont Jones with the first interception of his career! pic.twitter.com/sQFq1Zft0f

— Joe Rowles (@JoRo_NFL) December 1, 2019

So far, Jones has recorded nine tackles in a somewhat quiet rookie season. If he continues to make plays like that for the Broncos defense, the fans will soon know the name. 

Cameron Heyward gets revenge over the Browns 

One of the most-anticipated games of the week was the grudge match between AFC-North foes Cleveland and Pittsburgh. 

The game is always tense because of the rivalry, but this one was especially because of the fight between Myles Garrett and Mason Rudolph  

This time Pittsburgh got the last laugh and the win, beating the Browns 20-13. Former Buckeye great Cameron Heyward had five tackles and half a sack. 

Go around the locker room and hear from Cameron Heyward, Benny Snell, David DeCastro, James Washington, Ramon Foster & Nick Vannett following our 20-13 win against the Browns.@HeinzKetchup_US pic.twitter.com/gpngXcsPIJ

— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) December 2, 2019

It was a long day for Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield and it didn't help having Heyward in his face for most of it.