Chris Simms spent the night walking the sideline, leaving Luke McCown and Bruce Gradkowski to state their final cases for being Tampa Bay's backup quarterbacks. McCown threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, and Gradkowski threw a 31-yard scoring pass to Paris Warren with three minutes remaining to give the Buccaneers a preseason-ending 31-24 victory over the Houston Texans on Thursday night.