
Defensive Line: C-
Nobody is getting good grades on a defense that gave up 461 yards.
Oh, they did have a couple of nice moments. Gerald McCoy’s sack-fumble was a great play. William Gholston got in on the action with a sack of his own. But, in the second half when they needed to make stops to keep the Bucs in the game, they couldn’t get it done.
It’s not all their fault. Big men are going to get tired when they don’t get to take a break. Thanks to the “wonderful” performance of the offense, they were on the field a lot. It’s truly not a surprise that they got tired. But there are always going to be days when the offense just isn’t getting it done.
The defense of the Bucs wasn’t able to get it one, and it started up front.