It ended up a close score between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Buffalo Bills, but the whole game didn’t quite play out that way.
The Bills were in the lead for a majority of the team’s 24-18 loss, and the play of the defense was a big reason why. Tampa Bay still gives up big plays and lacks the ability to get off the field on third down, and those issues are things that will need to be fixed if the Bucs mean to truly compete for the NFC South. Pro Football Focus took to grading every Bucs defensive player, and there are a few that didn’t play stellar in an effort to help fix those issues.
Here are the five lowest-graded defensive players from Thursday’s matchup, per PFF.