Haha, that sounds like my game against Wellie. I had no business being in that game but my defense kept me in it. Had one taint and another INT which i returned to the 7 yard line and scored on a couple rushes. My defenders keep on receiving some great XP in single games, even in losses. I had the two rookie CBs receive 5K XP each and my second year FS 6K in my game against Wellie. My FS project from last year turning into a player. Rated 62 and taken with nearly the last pick in the draft ( 7th round 27th pick ) and now he is up to 78 and have an offseason XP boost of 15K incoming. In fact I have a couple defenders waiting on that sweet, sweet, 15K XP boost. Somewhat salty I have to wait until the off season to get the season goal XP when I could use it right now.
I have one glaring issue left on my defense I hope to get fixed this off season.