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
Overall grade: 82.0
CB Jamel Dean
Overall grade: 77.4
DT William Gholston
Overall grade: 77.0
CB Carlton Davis III
Overall grade: 76.4
CB Christian Izien
Overall grade: 71.3
DT Greg Gaines
Overall grade: 69.9
LB Devin White
Overall grade: 66.6
LB K.J. Britt
Overall grade: 66.4
DT Vita Vea
Overall grade: 65.9
DT Pat O'Connor
Overall grade: 63.3
