Baker Mayfield led an 11-play, 80-yard thrust capped by Rachaad White’s two-yard touchdown tally pinch six seconds left, and nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers rallied past nan Houston Texans 20-19 connected Monday night.
Mayfield threw for 215 yards and 2 touchdowns for nan Bucs (2-0), and his 15-yard scramble connected fourth-and-10 kept nan game-winning thrust going.
The Texans (0-2) looked to person taken a leap toward triumph erstwhile they grabbed a 19-14 lead connected a 25-yard TD tally by Nick Chubb pinch 2:10 left. Houston went for nan two-point conversion but CJ Stroud was sacked. Stroud threw for 207 yards and a touchdown but grounded to move nan discourtesy efficaciously for overmuch of nan 2nd half.
Houston had scored nan opening points of nan crippled erstwhile they took an early lead connected Collins’ 29-yard TD catch. That people was group up erstwhile Stroud connected pinch Chubb for a 27-yard summation connected a surface walk nan play before. The Buccaneers tied it astatine 7-7 erstwhile Mayfield threw a 20-yard touchdown walk to Ryan Miller connected their first possession.
Emeka Egbuka had a 15-yard TD drawback pinch astir 10 minutes near successful nan first half to put Tampa Bay up 14-10. Egbuka, a rookie first-round draught pick, became nan sixth subordinate since nan merger pinch 3 TD catches successful his first 2 games.
Houston trailed by 4 and hadn’t scored successful nan 2nd half erstwhile Riley Dixon’s punt was blocked by Jakob Johnson and nan Texans recovered connected nan Tampa Bay 35 pinch conscionable nether 7 minutes to go. The Texans grounded to move nan shot and settled for Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 53-yard section extremity that trim nan lead to 14-13 pinch conscionable complete 5 minutes left.
Texans protect extremity Danielle Hunter forced a fumble and had 2 sacks to springiness him 101.5 successful his 10-year career.
Tampa are 2-0 for nan 5th play successful succession, nan longest progressive streak successful nan NFL.