Texans’ defensive grades from 23-20 win over the Buccaneers

The Houston Texans defense turned in an opportunistic performance against the Tamp Bay Buccaneers Saturday afternoon in a 23-20 win in Week 16.

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The cornerbacks got beat on some of Winston’s throws. After all, he couldn’t have thrown for 335 yards if someone wasn’t getting beat, nor could Breshad Perriman not led the game with seven catches for 102 yards. However, the corners took advantage of Winston’s chancy passes. Roby’s pick-six to open the game was a big confidence boost and set the tone on defense, even though Winston did recover and kept driving the ball downfield. Johnathan Joseph added an interception to take the franchise lead with 17. Gareon Conley added two pass breakups, and Vernon Hargreaves in his return to Tampa added a tackle for loss among his three tackles.

Grade: A