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The top defensive players for Tampa Bay in the Wild Card, per PFF

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers not only beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round of the NFC playoffs — they put the clamps on them the entire night.

The Eagles only scored nine points in their game against the Bucs, going 0-for-9 on third down and not converting on fourth down, either. Tampa Bay came into the game with a stifling gameplan, rushing six at the line and aggressively blitzing to put pressure on quarterback Jalen Hurts. It paid dividends, and not only did the defensive line feast, but the secondary benefitted.

Pro Football Focus thought highly of every position group in their weekly grades. See who they had as the 10 highest-graded defensive players for the game:

DT Calijah Kancey

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Overall grade: 82.0

CB Jamel Dean

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Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports

Overall grade: 77.4

DT William Gholston

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Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Overall grade: 77.0

CB Carlton Davis III

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Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports

Overall grade: 76.4

CB Christian Izien

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(Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Overall grade: 71.3

DT Greg Gaines

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(Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Overall grade: 69.9

LB Devin White

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Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports

Overall grade: 66.6

LB K.J. Britt

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Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports

Overall grade: 66.4

DT Vita Vea

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Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

Overall grade: 65.9

DT Pat O'Connor

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Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports

Overall grade: 63.3

Story originally appeared on Buccaneers Wire