The top defensive players in Tampa Bay’s loss to Houston, per PFF

These 10 defensive players were PFF’s highest rated against the Texans in Week 9.

Yes, there were some good players on defense during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ ugly 39-37 loss to the Houston Texans — just not a lot of them.

The Bucs gave up 39 points and 496 total yards on Sunday to the Houston Texans, putting in one of the worst defensive performances in the league. And while there were plenty of players who were graded very poorly (we’ll showcase them later), Pro Football Focus still thought highly of some Bucs players for their performance in the brutal loss on the road.

Here are the 10 highest-graded Bucs defensive players from Sunday’s loss in the eyes of PFF: