The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense largely shut things down against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 16, but problems still remain in the unit as a whole.
Tampa Bay’s secondary has still suffered from zone coverage busts, leading to a league-worst pass defense in passing yards per game. With four turnovers against the Jaguars, that didn’t matter all that much, but it is definitely something to note heading into a potential playoff bid should the Bucs win the NFC South. Pro Football Focus took to grading every Bucs defensive player for Week 16, and a few players in the secondary were given some of the lowest grades.
Here are PFF’s five worst graded defensive players for Tampa Bay against the Jaguars: