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Texans star rookie QB C.J. Stroud is evolving into a dark-horse MVP candidate right in front of our eyes.Houston looks like it struck the lottery with the 2023 No. 2 overall pick, as Stroud Dalvin Tomlinson Jersey has the Texans playing playoff-caliber football for the first time since 2019.One week after capping off with a game-winning drive against the Buccaneers, Stroud came up clutch again to defeat Joe Burrow and the Bengals in Cincinnati in Week 10.The Texans led for the majority of the game but a few questionable play calls and a Stroud interception in the fourth quarter set up Burrow and the Bengals to make a comeback. Down by three with 1:42 remaining, Burrow found Tyler Boyd wide open in the end zone but on third and 13.Cincinnati elected to kick the game-tying field goal, giving the ball back to Stroud for another game-winning drive opportunity with 1:33 to play.MORE
oised as can be, the 22-year-old looked anything but as he confidently marched the Texans down the field to win the game.Only needing to get into field goal range, Houston was conscious of the clock to begin the drive. After an incomplete pa s on first down, the Texans handed off to Devin Singletary for four yards to let some time run off.Facing a pivotal third and 6 at their own 29-yard line with under a minute to go, Stroud patiently delivered a strike acro s the middle to tight end Dalton Schultz for 25 yards to bring the Texans into Cincinnati territory.This is such cold-blooded stuff from CJ Stroud. Clutch drive. Third down. Loudini bringing all Odell Beckham Jr Jersey the goodies. Play clock running down. He doesn't care: stick, shuffle, climb, throw Ollie Connolly (@OllieConnolly) Houston still needed one more chunk of yardage to put newly signed kicker Matt Ammendola into comfortable territory, and Stroud delivered again. He found breakout receiver Noah Brown who finished with seven receptions and 172 yards in a tight window on a deep slant, and Brown broke two tackles to Kevin Zeitler Jersey bring the Texans down to Cincy's 20-yard line.What a play from Noah Brown in the clutch! Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) That teed up Ammendola to bury a game-winning 38-yard field goal, marking Stroud's second consecutive game-winning drive to bring the Texans into the AFC playoff picture at 5-4.After throwing for 470 yards and five touchdowns last week, Stroud finished with 356 yards, two total touchdowns (one rushing) and one interception in a win over the surging Bengals.MOREon't look now, but if the season ended today, the Texans would be your final AFC Wild Card team by way of a tiebreaker over the Bengals and Bills. Just as we all expected.The Texans have not won more than five games since 2019 the last time they made the playoffs. And while plenty will change between now and the end of the season, Stroud has Houston competing for a postseason spot in his first year at the helm.The star rookie is hitting his stride midway through the season. He leads the NFL with 2,626 pa sing yards (entering the Week 10 Kyle Lauletta Jersey late window), averaging more yards per attempt (8.3) than the likes of Josh Allen (7.5) and Patrick Mahomes (7.3). He's completing an impre sive 61.6 percent of his pa ses and has only thrown two interceptions all season, giving him the best TD-to-INT ratio in the league.Stroud's 15 pa sing touchdowns are tied with Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy for sixth-most, and is second to Hurts (3-0) for the best in the NFL by a quarterback.More importantly, he's elevating everyone around him, as Houston has weapons emerging out of nowhere.Noah Brown had back-to-back weeks with over 150 receiving yards, to accomplish that feat.Rookie wideout Tank Dell is looking like another 2023 draft hit, tallying 454 yards and four touchdowns on 28 receptions through eight games.MORE:, the Texans have the fourth-easiest remaining strength of Aldrick Rosas Jersey schedule. A playoff berth is more than conceivable.If Stroud continues to ball out the way he has over the last two weeks and he can carry the Texans to the postseason, it's not farfetched to think the rookie QB could end up in the MVP conversation.
oised as can be, the 22-year-old looked anything but as he confidently marched the Texans down the field to win the game.Only needing to get into field goal range, Houston was conscious of the clock to begin the drive. After an incomplete pa s on first down, the Texans handed off to Devin Singletary for four yards to let some time run off.Facing a pivotal third and 6 at their own 29-yard line with under a minute to go, Stroud patiently delivered a strike acro s the middle to tight end Dalton Schultz for 25 yards to bring the Texans into Cincinnati territory.This is such cold-blooded stuff from CJ Stroud. Clutch drive. Third down. Loudini bringing all Odell Beckham Jr Jersey the goodies. Play clock running down. He doesn't care: stick, shuffle, climb, throw Ollie Connolly (@OllieConnolly) Houston still needed one more chunk of yardage to put newly signed kicker Matt Ammendola into comfortable territory, and Stroud delivered again. He found breakout receiver Noah Brown who finished with seven receptions and 172 yards in a tight window on a deep slant, and Brown broke two tackles to Kevin Zeitler Jersey bring the Texans down to Cincy's 20-yard line.What a play from Noah Brown in the clutch! Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) That teed up Ammendola to bury a game-winning 38-yard field goal, marking Stroud's second consecutive game-winning drive to bring the Texans into the AFC playoff picture at 5-4.After throwing for 470 yards and five touchdowns last week, Stroud finished with 356 yards, two total touchdowns (one rushing) and one interception in a win over the surging Bengals.MOREon't look now, but if the season ended today, the Texans would be your final AFC Wild Card team by way of a tiebreaker over the Bengals and Bills. Just as we all expected.The Texans have not won more than five games since 2019 the last time they made the playoffs. And while plenty will change between now and the end of the season, Stroud has Houston competing for a postseason spot in his first year at the helm.The star rookie is hitting his stride midway through the season. He leads the NFL with 2,626 pa sing yards (entering the Week 10 Kyle Lauletta Jersey late window), averaging more yards per attempt (8.3) than the likes of Josh Allen (7.5) and Patrick Mahomes (7.3). He's completing an impre sive 61.6 percent of his pa ses and has only thrown two interceptions all season, giving him the best TD-to-INT ratio in the league.Stroud's 15 pa sing touchdowns are tied with Jalen Hurts and Brock Purdy for sixth-most, and is second to Hurts (3-0) for the best in the NFL by a quarterback.More importantly, he's elevating everyone around him, as Houston has weapons emerging out of nowhere.Noah Brown had back-to-back weeks with over 150 receiving yards, to accomplish that feat.Rookie wideout Tank Dell is looking like another 2023 draft hit, tallying 454 yards and four touchdowns on 28 receptions through eight games.MORE:, the Texans have the fourth-easiest remaining strength of Aldrick Rosas Jersey schedule. A playoff berth is more than conceivable.If Stroud continues to ball out the way he has over the last two weeks and he can carry the Texans to the postseason, it's not farfetched to think the rookie QB could end up in the MVP conversation.