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TAMPA, Fla. -- Steady one week, shaky the next.Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are learning how difficult it is to win consistently in the NFL.When you look around the league, thats sort of how the NFL is, coach Dirk Koetter said Monday.He was reflecting on a lopsided loss to Arizona that not only denied the teams bid to begin a season with consecutive wins for the first time since 2010, but will test the resiliency of Winston and a largely young supporting cast.On the heels of throwing for four touchdowns in a season-opening victory over NFC South rival Atlanta, the young quarterback tossed four interceptions and lost a fumble in Sundays 40-7 road debacle.The Cardinals had a disappointing loss, they came back and got after us pretty good. Look at the Rams, who we play this week, Koetter said, reiterating the importance of not allowing a poor performance to mushroom into another moving forward.The Rams lost 28-0 in their opener to the 49ers. They come back with a huge win against Seattle. The Falcons, who we beat last week, go on the road to the Raiders, who were a hot team, and play well enough to get a big win, Koetter said.We havent been tested yet this season in that department, but the fact that were coming into our own home stadium for our home opener, thats definitely going to be what were working for.The Bucs (1-1) have missed the playoffs eight consecutive seasons and havent won a postseason game since the teams 2002 Super Bowl run.A victory Sunday against the Rams (1-1) would give them a winning record beyond Week 2 for the first time since Tampa Bay got off to a surprising 3-1 start under former coach Raheem Morris six years ago.As a rookie in 2015, Winston keyed a 6-6 start before a four-game, season-ending skid led to the firing of Lovie Smith and promotion of Koetter from offensive coordinator to first-time NFL head coach.Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said its much too early to draw any conclusions about the way the team has performed through two games.It is the NFL though, that is why last week I said dont make a big deal out of just one win, the four-time Pro Bowl selection said.Anything can happen, but is it hard to see that this is one loss? No, because it is one loss. We are 1-1. It is what it is. We didnt play well ... and they played better.Winston, the NFLs offensive player of the week after the season-opening win at Atlanta, agreed.I had a game like this last year. The biggest ... lesson I can take away from this, like I said last week, this is a week-to-week thing, the second-year quarterback said.We cant sit and praise people because we won a game. We have to be consistent week in and week out. If theres something I need to do, I need to be more consistent.Veteran receiver Cecil Shorts III said rebounding begins with a good week of practice.You have to come in with an attitude, ready to go each and every day. What you do on the field in practice comes up on Sunday, Shorts said.Rookie defensive end Noah Spence, who notched his first pro sack against the Cardinals, detected a different vibe in the weight room on Monday.Everybodys like a lot more intense ... coming in, ready to get back to work, the second-round draft pick said.Obviously (Sundays) score was real humbling, Spence added. You win some, you lose some. But youve got to come back and fight the next week.NOTE: Koetter did not provide a detailed update on RB Doug Martin, who left Sundays game with a hamstring injury. The coach said the team will know more about the status after the fifth-year pro, the NFLs second-leading rusher last season, has a MRI on Tuesday.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL Cheap Custom Packers Jersey . "We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. 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By the end of regulation, he had fouled out.And with that, Miamis home dominance over Sacramento continues.Goran Dragic scored 25 points, Tyler Johnson had seven of his 22 in overtime and the Heat beat the Kings 108-96 on Tuesday night -- Miamis 15th consecutive home win over Sacramento, the longest such current streak in the NBA.Remarkable, isnt it? Sacramento coach Dave Joerger said of Cousins six-foul final quarter, one that included three offensive fouls -- the last of those waving off what would have been a go-ahead basket with 30.6 seconds left.With Cousins reduced to spectating, the Heat outscored the Kings 17-5 in overtime.I think it was good for us to go through another emotional game, said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, whose team stopped a two-game slide. In the second half emotions were running high. A lot of frustration, a lot of elation, a lot of everything in between.Rudy Gay scored 30 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Sacramento. Cousins also scored 30 for the Kings.Hassan Whiteside got his fourth double-double to start the season, 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat -- and drew the last foul against Cousins. Dragic added eight rebounds and eight assists, and Dion Waiters scored 20 points for Miami.Whiteside and Cousins were very careful with their words after the game when asked about fouls.Good, hard, competitive game, Cousins said.Said Whiteside, who was in foul trouble throughout the second half: I dont want to speak on that, because the NBA is going to take my money.The Heat wasted an 80-71 lead in the final six minutes of regulation.Gay went on a personal 7-0 run to turn a five-point deficit into an 89-87 lead on his jumper with 1:48 left. The Heat tied it twice from there, meaning the Kings lost two leads -- and then their star, too.ddddddddddddWe needed this one, Whiteside said.TIP-INSKings: Cousins was suspended for both Kings-Heat games last season, the second of those for exceeding the leagues 16 technicals-in-a-season limit. He picked up a tech Tuesday as well, already his third this season. ... The Kings shot 38 percent.Heat: Whiteside, who had an uncle succumb to prostate cancer on Monday and said playing Tuesday was difficult, is the second Heat player to start a season with four double-doubles. Rony Seikaly did it twice. ... The Heat are 4-2 on Spoelstras birthday; he turned 46 on Tuesday. They have played on Nov. 1 in each of the last four years.DUNK DIFFICULTYWhiteside and Cousins had some dunk difficulties in the third quarter. Whiteside went up for a two-hander early in the quarter, only to get it blocked by Cousins and wind up on his backside. About a minute later, Cousins had an open look at a dunk of his own and got stuffed by the front of the rim.HASLEM DEBUTSHeat captain Udonis Haslem got his first playing time of the season -- and officially making this his 14th Heat season, the most anyone has spent with the franchise. Among current players, only Dirk Nowitzki (19 seasons, Dallas), Tony Parker (16 seasons, San Antonio) and Manu Ginobili (15 seasons, San Antonio) have been with only one team for longer.UP NEXTKings: Visit Orlando on Thursday. Sacramento will be playing for the third time on this five-game, seven-day trip.Heat: Visit Toronto on Friday. Its Miamis first trip there since losing Game 7 of last seasons Eastern Conference semifinals. ' ' '