It's not a weird narrative. Bass is 24th in the league in field goal percentage. Sure he may be 2 kicks under par, but given the limited opportunities, 2 kicks ends up being a big deal when it comes to percentage.
When compared to his peers he is bad right now, below average, inferior, poor, they all mean the same thing. There are only 4 kickers in the entire league who have kicked enough to have their stats counted that are worse than Bass right now. Sorry, he's been bad.