The worst defensive players in Tampa Bay’s win over Carolina, per PFF

These five players didn’t grade out well on PFF’s weekly grades for the defense.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense did its job, and it was a more admirable performance than the team has had in recent weeks. But as always, not everyone was perfect.

The team held Carolina to just two touchdowns and a field goal in Week 13, winning the game 21-18 at home and inching closer to the NFC South lead.
Pro Football Focus graded every Bucs defensive player who took snaps on Sunday, and while there were a few players they graded highly, there were others they didn’t favor quite as much.

Here are PFF’s five lowest-graded players on Tampa Bay’s defense for Week 13: