The Denver Post

White makes most of his second chance

BILLS 30, BUCCANEERS 27

- By John Wawrow

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.» Buffalo 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 After 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. They proved incapable of holding a lead a week after falling behind 31-0 in a 3833 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.

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