Kyle Orton finds Sammy Watkins for game-winning TD in final seconds

With the Buffalo Bills missing both Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller in the running game, rookie wide receiver Sammy Watkins saved the day, capping his second 100-yard receiving game with a game-winning catch.

His team trailing 16-10 with seconds remaining, Bills quarterback Kyle Orton rifled a 2-yard pass to Watkins for the game-winner in a 17-16 victory against the reeling Minnesota Vikings. Watkins scored both of Buffalo’s touchodwns, also hauling in a 26-yard score early in the second quarter. The Bills improved to 4-3.

Watkins finished with 122 yards on nine catches. He broke the century plateau for the first time since Week 2, becoming the first Bills rookie to record a pair of 100-yard receiving games in a season since Lee Evans in 2004. Watkins’ two touchdowns on Sunday matched his total through the first six games of the season.

Buffalo traded a pair of first-round picks and a fourth-rounder to grab Spiller with the No. 4 overall pick this year. He was the team’s first opening-round draft pick since — you guessed it — Evans in ’04. With Jackson (groin) and Spiller (collarbone) potentially missing significant time, Watkins will be relied upon even more.

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