Buccaneers beat Texans to make fifth straight 2-0 NFL start
Buccaneers beat Texans to make fifth straight 2-0 NFL start
Tampa Bay's Rachaad White scored on a two-yard touchdown run with six seconds remaining to give the Buccaneers a 20-19 NFL victory in Houston on Monday.
Baker Mayfield completed 25-of-38 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions as the Bucs made a fifth consecutive 2-0 start to an NFL campaign while the Texans fell to 0-2.
Houston's Jaylin Noel returned a punt 53 yards to set up Nick Chubb's 25-yard touchdown run two plays later, but a missed two-point conversion pass left the Texans ahead by only 19-14 with 2:10 to go.
Mayfield sustained Tampa Bay's final drive with a 15-yard run on fourth down for a first down and directed an 11-play, 80-yard march capped by White's decisive run and a missed two-point conversion pass.
Mayfield threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Miller and a 15-yard touchdown pass to Emeka Egbuka to give the Buccaneers a 14-10 halftime lead.
Tampa Bay's defenders stopped the Texans on downs at their one-yard line early in the fourth quarter.
{{/usCountry}}Tampa Bay's defenders stopped the Texans on downs at their one-yard line early in the fourth quarter.
{{/usCountry}}But Houston's Jakob Johnson blocked a punt to set up Ka'imi Fairbairn's 53-yard field goal, pulling Houston within 14-13 with 5:22 remaining to set up the dramatic finish.
{{/usCountry}}But Houston's Jakob Johnson blocked a punt to set up Ka'imi Fairbairn's 53-yard field goal, pulling Houston within 14-13 with 5:22 remaining to set up the dramatic finish.
{{/usCountry}}The Bucs stretched their lead atop the NFC South division while the Texans fell two games behind AFC South pace-setter Indianapolis.
{{/usCountry}}The Bucs stretched their lead atop the NFC South division while the Texans fell two games behind AFC South pace-setter Indianapolis.
{{/usCountry}}Monday's later NFL game finds the Los Angeles Chargers at the Las Vegas Raiders in a matchup of 1-0 clubs. The Chargers beat Kansas City in Brazil in week one while the Raiders defeated New England.
{{/usCountry}}Monday's later NFL game finds the Los Angeles Chargers at the Las Vegas Raiders in a matchup of 1-0 clubs. The Chargers beat Kansas City in Brazil in week one while the Raiders defeated New England.
{{/usCountry}}- Burrow out three months -
{{/usCountry}}- Burrow out three months -
{{/usCountry}}Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow will undergo surgery on his left big toe, Bengals coach Zac Taylor said on Monday.
{{/usCountry}}Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow will undergo surgery on his left big toe, Bengals coach Zac Taylor said on Monday.
{{/usCountry}}He is expected to miss at least three months with the "turf toe" injury, suffered when he was sacked in the second quarter of his team's 31-27 victory Sunday over Jacksonville.
Burrow, who was seen in a walking boot with a crutch after the game, missed the last six games in 2020 as a rookie with a knee injury and the last six games in 2023 due to a torn wrist ligament.
The Bengals are off to their first 2-0 start in seven years.
Burrow is not the only hurting NFL quarterback.
Minnesota's J.J. McCarthy has a high right ankle sprain and will miss next Sunday's game with the Bengals. McCarthy missed all of last season, what would have been his rookie campaign, with a right knee injury suffered in the pre-season.
Washington's Jayden Daniels suffered a sprained left knee in the Commanders' loss last Thursday at Green Bay and is questionable for next Sunday's game against Las Vegas, Washington coach Dan Quinn said.
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