Tampa Bay Buccaneers operating again Raachad White powered his means 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 tug out the win and transfer to 2-0 for a fifth consecutive season.
Houston operating again Nick Chubb acquired issues going when he took a display go 27 yards to Tampa’s 29 yard line. On the very subsequent play, huge 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 area targets in opposition to 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 operating 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 area aim by Ka’imi Fairbairn, which allowed Houston to retake the lead, 10-7. Fairbairn has made 22 consecutive area targets from 30 to 39 yards out because the begin of the 2022-23 season.
Buccaneers huge 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 pressured to punt after Texans defensive finish Danielle Hunter sacked Baker Mayfield for an eight-yard loss. With that takedown, Hunter grew to become the seventh lively participant within the NFL with 100 profession sacks.
Although Houston was driving simply earlier than halftime, their promising collection was lower brief after C.J. Stroud took an premature eight-yard sack on a 2nd and eight, which moved Houston out of area aim vary. Following an incompletion on the following 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 additional 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 pressure 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 regarded prefer it was going to come back to an finish late within the third quarter. Following a 22-yard catch by Bucs huge receiver Mike Evans, operating again Rachaad White picked up 38 yards on 4 straight speeding makes an attempt. The drive stalled on the 19 yard line, which led to the Bucs making an attempt a 38-yard area aim. 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 go to rookie wideout Jayden Higgins, which acquired the Texans to Tampa’s 23. Two performs later, Stroud connected with tight finish Dalton Schultz for 16 yards to provide Houston a 1st and aim from the eight yard line. Ultimately, the Texans have been confronted with a 4th and aim from the one yard line, however Stroud overthrew a go 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 largest performs of the sport happened halfway by means 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 reside 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 area aim to make it 14-13 with 5:22 to go within the sport.
After a fast three-and-out, the Texans made one other large 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 wonderful beginning area place. Two performs after the electrical punt return, operating again Nick Chubb took a handoff 25 yards to the home for a 19-14 lead after the Texans did not convert the two-point conversion. He completed the sport with 72 scrimmage yards and a speeding TD, his first since November twenty first, 2024.
After a 12-yard go to get to their very own 32 yard line, the Buccaneers have been left with 1:56 and three timeouts to win the sport.
Dealing with 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, operating again Bucky Irving took a dump-off go 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.
*Writer’s notice: all info and statistics are tracked in actual time and are supplied by the sport’s broadcaster, NFL.com, and ESPN.com*
