The Buccaneers did pretty much whatever they wanted against the Chargers on Sunday afternoon. Nothing really stood out in a positive light for the Chargers, and that was really reflected in their poor game grades this week.

Let’s move on and see how Pro Football Focus graded the Chargers in their narrow loss to the Bucs.

attack

Best (at least 20 snapshots played)

OT Joe Alt – 75.1
WR Quentin Johnston – 73.2
OT Rashawn Slater – 69.6
QB Justin Herbert – 63.4
OG Jamaree Salyer – 63.3

Justin Herbert had the third-highest career dropback percentage under pressure. Still, guys like Alt, Slater and Salyer had good games. Slater led the way with a pass blocking rating of 88.5, while Alt led the way with a run blocking rating of 74.1.

Worst

RB Kimani Vidal – 45.9
WR Joshua Palmer – 47.8
TE Stone Smartt – 50.5
C Bradley Bozeman – 58.0
OG Trey Pipkins – 59.0

Vidal’s grade was tempered by a pass protection rating of 34.2. It was the team’s second-worst result behind Scott Matlock’s 28.6.

Smartt had one of the best game grades for a Chargers player this season, finishing in the bottom five after a tough game. He had a great catch early in the game that looked like he was carrying momentum from the Chiefs game, but that was forgotten the moment he gave the ball away from the Chargers on the final drive of the day.

defense

Preferably

DT Poona Ford – 79.0
DT Tear Tart – 78.5
S Derwin James – 75.6
S Elijah Molden – 72.3
LB Junior Colson – 72.2

Ford and Tart are developing into a very good defensive tackle duo for the Chargers. They all had their own impressive plays and it’s nice to see them both at the forefront here. Tart had the team’s best run defense and pass rush grades at 78.3 and 76.4, respectively.

Colson’s play was refreshing for the rookie. When he was healthy this season, he had a number of appearances with poor performance. He led the team with a tackling grade of 81.2, which is surprising considering how poorly the entire team seemed to attack the Bucs.

Worst

LB Daiyan Henley – 35.7
EDGE Khalil Mack – 39.1
DT Otito Ogbonnia – 41.0
S Marcus Maye – 45.8
EDGE Tuli Tuipulotu – 48.3

What a strange game for Henley and Mack. It was the worst-rated game of the season for both players. Henley had the second-worst tackle grade on the team at 29.7 as he missed four tackles on Sunday. Mack had the team’s worst run defense grade at 39.5, while Henley had the third-worst at 42.3. Mack also only recorded a single pressure the entire game.

Tuli failed to register any pressure against the Bucs and finished with the team’s worst pass rush grade (48.8).

Tito posted the second-worst run defense grade at 41.2 behind Mack.

Maye allowed two completions on two targets for 60 yards and a touchdown. He also missed a tackle and allowed the defense the most yards after the catch (31 yards).