Tampa Bay Buccaneers working again Raachad White powered his approach into the tip zone from two yards out with six seconds left within the sport to beat the Houston Texans 20-19.
After Houston scored a go-ahead landing with 2:10 left within the sport, the Buccaneers orchestrated an 80-yard scoring drive in 2:04 to drag out the win and transfer to 2-0 for a fifth consecutive season.
Houston working again Nick Chubb obtained issues going when he took a display screen move 27 yards to Tampa’s 29 yard line. On the very subsequent play, extensive receiver Nico Collins made an outstanding toe-tapping landing catch to place the Texans on high 7-0 with lower than 5 minutes taken off the clock. That was the primary landing of Houston’s season after they kicked three discipline targets towards the Los Angeles Rams. With that single reception, Collins surpassed his receiving yardage output from final Sunday (25 yards).
The Buccaneers responded with a nine-play, 65-yard landing drive of their very own. It was third-year wideout Ryan Miller who made a 20-yard TD reception to tie issues up at 7 factors apiece. That was his first landing since Week 16 of final season.
Texans rookie working again Woody Marks additionally made an influence on this sport. He completed with 51 scrimmage yards, together with a 37-yard catch-and-run that resulted in a 35-yard discipline objective by Ka’imi Fairbairn, which allowed Houston to retake the lead, 10-7. Fairbairn has made 22 consecutive discipline targets from 30 to 39 yards out because the begin of the 2022-23 season.
Buccaneers extensive receiver Emeka Egbuka continued to construct on an already excellent rookie marketing campaign. He completed the sport with 4 catches for 29 yards and a landing. His 15-yard catch-and-run into the tip zone put Tampa again forward 14-10 within the second quarter. Egbuka already has three receiving TDs in simply two NFL begins.
After 4 straight scoring drives to open this sport, issues slowed down within the second quarter. Each Houston and Tampa recorded their first punts of the night. The Buccaneers have been compelled to punt after Texans defensive finish Danielle Hunter sacked Baker Mayfield for an eight-yard loss. With that takedown, Hunter turned the seventh energetic participant within the NFL with 100 profession sacks.
Although Houston was driving simply earlier than halftime, their promising sequence was lower quick after C.J. Stroud took an premature eight-yard sack on a 2nd and eight, which moved Houston out of discipline objective vary. Following an incompletion on the subsequent play, the Texans punted the ball again to the Bucs with 30 seconds left within the quarter and two timeouts.
Fortunately for the H-City devoted, Tampa Bay wasn’t capable of do something with that further possession. So, the rating remained 14-10 on the break.
The sturdy defensive performances from these squads resumed within the second half. Each groups recorded third-down sacks to power punts on the primary two possessions of the third quarter. After 4 consecutive scoring drives to kick this sport off, the Buccaneers and Texans mixed for eight straight punts, not together with the kneel-down C.J. Stroud took to finish the second quarter.
The lengthy scoring drought appeared prefer it was going to come back to an finish late within the third quarter. Following a 22-yard catch by Bucs extensive receiver Mike Evans, working again Rachaad White picked up 38 yards on 4 straight dashing makes an attempt. The drive stalled on the 19 yard line, which led to the Bucs making an attempt a 38-yard discipline objective. Nonetheless, kicker Chase McLaughlin hit the ball off the upright, so the rating remained 14-10 heading into the ultimate body.
Close to midfield, C.J. Stroud accomplished a 28-yard move to rookie wideout Jayden Higgins, which obtained the Texans to Tampa’s 23. Two performs later, Stroud connected with tight finish Dalton Schultz for 16 yards to present Houston a 1st and objective from the eight yard line. Finally, the Texans have been confronted with a 4th and objective from the one yard line, however Stroud overthrew a move to Nico Collins, leading to a turnover on downs. Houston was a mixed two for ten on third- and fourth-down makes an attempt on this sport.
One of many greatest performs of the sport took place halfway by way of the fourth quarter. After the Texans sacked Baker Mayfield on a 3rd down, Houston blocked the Buccaneers’ punt on the very subsequent play. That stay ball was picked up by the Texans at Tampa’s 35 yard line. However Houston failed to select up any yards, in order that they settled for a 53-yard discipline objective to make it 14-13 with 5:22 to go within the sport.
After a fast three-and-out, the Texans made one other huge particular groups play. Houston rookie wideout Jaylin Noel returned Tampa’s punt 53 yards to the Buccaneers’ 25 yard line, giving them an opportunity to take the lead for the primary time because the first quarter.
This time round, Houston took benefit of the superb beginning discipline place. Two performs after the electrical punt return, working again Nick Chubb took a handoff 25 yards to the home for a 19-14 lead after the Texans didn’t convert the two-point conversion. He completed the sport with 72 scrimmage yards and a dashing TD, his first since November twenty first, 2024.
After a 12-yard move to get to their very own 32 yard line, the Buccaneers have been left with 1:56 and three timeouts to win the sport.
Going through a 4th and 10 from their very own 32, a hobbled Baker Mayfield scrambled for 15 yards and a brand new set of downs to maintain the drive alive. Two performs later, working again Bucky Irving took a dump-off move 22 yards to Houston’s 22 yard line. Then, with 9 seconds left within the sport, Raachad White punched the ball into the tip zone to safe the win.
With that loss, the Houston Texans fell to 0-2 for the primary time since 2023, which was C.J. Stroud’s rookie season.
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