Projecting who will be Buccaneers’ highest-graded defender in 2019

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports Pro Football Focus’ grading system isn’t perfect by any means, but said grades usually lead to some good talking points.

This tweet from @PFF_Buccaneers certainly gives us something to think and talk about:

Before we get to the question posed, let’s just reflect on that list right there. I had quite a few takeaways from it:

There are four guys with multiple appearances: Jermaine Phillips (2006, 2007), Aqib Talib (2009, 2010), Gerald McCoy (2012, 2014, 2018) and Lavonte David (2013, 2017).

McCoy, who was recently released by the Bucs, is the only three-timer on the list. Not only that, but he was the team’s highest-graded player last year. So, to say he “doesn’t have…