TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Playing in a prime-time game in his home state with a national audience watching, Baker Mayfield again thrived under pressure.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 2-0 for the fifth straight season thanks to Mayfield’s final-minute heroics two weeks in a row.
Mayfield scrambled 15 yards on fourth-and-10 to extend the drive and then connected on five straight passes for 51 yards, setting up Rachaad White’s 2-yard touchdown run with 6 seconds remaining that gave the Buccaneers a 20-19 victory in Houston on Monday night.
It was a costly win for Tampa Bay, however. Defensive tackle Calijah Kancey suffered a torn pectoral muscle that will require season-ending surgery, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press.
Without Kancey, the defense gave up the go-