Going into the wild-card round weekend, Houston Texans second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud has a Total QBR rating of 50.2. He ranked 24th among primary starters in the regular season.
Among those in the hunt for a Lombardi Trophy, Stroud ranks 14th out of the 14 passers left standing.
Stroud’s traditional passer rating this season was 84.0, which ranked 14th among QBs in the playoffs this year.
Unlike a traditional passer rating, the Total QBR “incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties,” according to ESPN.
The metric takes into account scenarios that a traditional passer rating overlooks and considers “a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.”
With that context in mind, here’s a look at how Stroud stacks up against the NFL’s playoffs quarterbacks going into the first round of the NFL postseason.
NFL playoff QBs ranked by Total QBR
- Lamar Jackson, Ravens: 77.5
- Josh Allen, Bills: 77.2
- Jayden Daniels, Commanders: 70.6
- Jordan Love, Packers: 69.2
- Jared Goff, Lions: 68.5
- Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs: 67.9
- Jalen Hurts, Eagles: 65.6
- Justin Herbert, Chargers: 65.3
- Matthew Stafford, Rams: 64.9
- Baker Mayfield, Bucs: 61.8
- Sam Darnold, Vikings: 60.6
- Bo Nix, Broncos: 57.2
- Russell Wilson, Steelers: 51.3
- C.J. Stroud, Texans: 50.2
Stroud and Co. will look to upset Justin Herbert (No. 8) and the Los Angeles Chargers in their playoff showdown on Saturday at NRG Stadium on CBS and Paramount+.
