Written by John Wawrow at The Orlando Sentinel.com
Bills rookie cornerback Tre’Davious White didn’t have much time to stew after allowing Mike Evans to score a go-ahead touchdown.
The next time White took the field, he stripped the ball from Tampa Bay receiver Adam Humphries to set up Stephen Hauschka’s 30-yard field goal with 14 seconds left to secure Buffalo’s 30-27 win over the Buccaneers on Sunday. The Bills erased a 27-20 deficit by scoring twice in the final 2:28.
“Some of these wins aren’t the prettiest, but we’re finding ways to win,” said White, Buffalo’s first-round draft pick out of LSU. “I wouldn’t want to play with another group of guys. No one’s confidence wavered when we went down by that 7-point thing.”
Bills running back LeSean McCoy overcame his own miscue. Bouncing back from a lost fumble, McCoy scored his second touchdown on a 7-yard run to tie the game at 27.
Add it up and the Bills (4-2) have a winning record through six games for just the fourth time since their 17-season playoff streak began.
“I thought there is a lot of heart in this football team,” said Sean McDermott, who became Buffalo’s first rookie head coach to win his first three home games. “To me, that really personifies this city. Heart. Toughness. Blue-collar.”
The Buccaneers (2-4) found another way to lose in dropping their third straight game.
Now they proved incapable of holding a lead a week after falling behind 31-0 in a 38-33 loss at Arizona. And it was a skid that began with a 19-14 loss to New England in a game kicker Nick Folk, since released, missed three field-goal attempts.
“We’re fighting, man, we’re fighting,” quarterback Jameis Winston said. “We’ve got to find a way to do it for four quarters, not just two, not just three. Four.”
Winston showed no signs of a sprained throwing shoulder that sidelined him during the first drive against Arizona. He finished 32 of 44 for 384 yards passing and three touchdowns. He threw an interception and also lost a fumble.
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