C.J. Stroud, the rookie quarterback for the Houston Texans, is now the frontrunner to win the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year award. Stroud's impressive performances have garnered attention, with his latest victory against the New Orleans Saints adding to his growing reputation. The Texans' third win of the season was led by Stroud, who threw for 199 yards and two touchdowns. The young quarterback's ability to lead his team to victory has solidified his position as a top contender for the prestigious award.
Saints have scored 95 points on offense thru 6 games. This is 2nd time since 2000 that they scored fewer than 100 points in 1st 6 games of season. They had 87 in 2007
The Saints' last four drives of the game ended at the Texans' 27-, 11-, 15- and 24-yard lines and they managed to score a total of just 3 points.
Texans hold off Saints 20-13 to match win total from last year. https://t.co/e0XAPJTloK
CJ Stroud led the Texans to their third win of the year against the Saints today: • 13/27 (48%) • 199 passing yards • 2 passing TD’s • 1 INT (1st of career) • 82.2 passer rating Stroud went FIVE games without throwing an interception until today. The Texans rookie QB… https://t.co/JcQ2F93dzh https://t.co/kAZTZMg4zk
Saints lose to Texans 20-13. New Orleans manages a whopping 13 points on 10 drives today. They drive inside the Houston 30 on the last 4 drives and got 3 points out of it
CJ Stroud leads the Texans to their 3rd victory on the season. 👏 https://t.co/XTEO9DVDGC
FINAL: Texans 20 Saints 13 Texans are 3-3 and have already matched their win total from 2022. They trail the Jaguars by a game in the AFC South.
Texans win 20-13. They're 3-3. Redemption for the defense, who twice protected the lead with two red-zone stops. They sacked Derek Carr twice. Resurgence for the run game. The Texans averaged 4.1 yards per carry. C.J. Stroud threw two TDs & his first INT. https://t.co/D5COGfzIpA
CJ Stroud threw his first INT of the season, but the rookie also threw two more touchdown passes and helped his Texans pick up their third win in the last four games and improve to 3-3.
Desmond Ridder suffers his first home loss as a starting QB. Before today's game, Ridder was 31-0 in both college and NFL home games. https://t.co/qBOCn5wBLe
What a pathetic effort by the Texans' offense at the 1-yard line. Stroud's 31-yard completion to Schultz and a 14-yard PI on Lattimore gave the Texans a first down at the 1. Stroud threw incomplete on first down. Pierce lost 3 on second. Stroud threw incomplete on third. 22 FG.
C.J. Stroud has two TD passes, helping Texans to 17-10 halftime lead. https://t.co/aXuLxIhTGw
The Texans take a 17-10 lead over the Saints into halftime. #Texans #Sarge #TexansWire
Texans gave the Saints a FG on their last drive. Played loose coverage. Blitzed a couple of times because linemen can't get pressure, and Carr worked the ball down the field for a Grupe 48 FG with 18 seconds left in the half. Texans lead 17-10.
After two bad running plays, the offensive line held up and gave Stroud the necessary protection to complete the six-yard touchdown pass to Woods to give the Texans a 17-7 lead with 2:56 seconds left in the half. #Texans #Sarge #TexansWire
C.J. Stroud connects with Robert Woods for a 6-yard touchdown. That's Woods' first touchdown of the year. Stroud's 9th touchdown pass of the season. Texans 17 Saints 7, 2:56 left in Q2
Texans QB C.J. Stroud is living up to the hype today.
C.J. Stroud sounded like a seasoned veteran explaining how he pulled off a last-minute Texans TD https://t.co/g3w6IUA7BF https://t.co/SYd37ba9iT
#Falcons QB Desmond Ridder’s success was his receivers getting open as he threw into a tight window on just 5.4% of his throws vs. #Texans, his lowest aggressiveness mark in a game this year and the 2nd lowest mark for a QB in Week 5. @ZebraSports
#Falcons got to rookie C.J. Stroud a bit, as the #Texans QB finished the game with an avg. time to throw of 3.17 seconds (2nd highest) and held a -7.9 CPOE (4th lowest). Stroud managed to not throw any INTs – the only QB of the Week 5 bottom 5 in CPOE to not do so. @Zebrasports
C.J. Stroud is now the favorite to win the NFL's Offensive Rookie of the Year. 👀https://t.co/jKKjmfbBeb https://t.co/WbE9MEeNRz
CJ Stroud is having a CRAZY rookie season 😳 (🎥: @patmcafeeshow, h/t @FrontOfficeNFL) https://t.co/UQ1zRSreYW