From his pregame speech to all the plays, Chuba Hubbard carried his team Sunday

Of course, getting Hubbard to talk about that is harder.

He thanked, in no particular order, Young, the offensive line, God, and everyone around him.

But make no mistake, this was about him on this day.

“He’s the real X factor for this team,” left guard Damien Lewis said. “The team knows how much it means to him, and this team means a lot.

“He’s going to bring it every game, every week, you know what I’m saying?”

Of course, there are a lot of guys who work hard, but they can’t all put a team on their back and carry it the way Hubbard did Sunday.

And for those who see the work, that’s his greatest gift, not just the effort.

“I think it’s more impressive because he does work his ass off, and it shows out here,” right guard Robert Hunt said. “I mean the man is out at practice an hour early, warming his body, getting his body ready. He’s a pro. He’s a pro’s pro. He approached the game the right way. He loved this s—. You can tell he cares about it.

“And he works for the payoff, that’s such a testimony for people like anybody, really, even myself, like watching that. It pays off, I mean, I think that’s a testimony for anybody.”