Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud needs a rebounding performance following Sunday’s 26-23 loss against the Detroit Lions.
Stroud, a once favorite to win the league’s MVP honors, completed 57.6% of his passes for 233 yards and a touchdown against two interceptions. After guiding Houston to a 23-7 lead at halftime, Stroud completed 39% of his throws for 68 yards and had two interceptions in the third quarter, with one occurring in the end zone on a touchdown pass intended for Tank Dell.
Stroud posted a Total QBR rating of 32.9 in the loss, bringing his season-long Total QBR average to 54.8.
That’s a slight undergrade from last week’s rating (57.6), but Stroud has dropped from being ranked No. 18 last week up to No. 19 this week.
Nix’s traditional passer rating this season is 89.1, which ranks 19th overall.
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 how Stroud stacks up against the NFL’s other starting quarterbacks this fall.
NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR after Week 10
- Lamar Jackson: 76.9
- Kyler Murray: 75.7
- Joe Burrow: 74.3
- Jayden Daniels: 71.2
- Josh Allen: 70.3
- Patrick Mahomes: 67.7
- Brock Purdy: 66.6
- Jalen Hurts: 64.3
- Derek Carr: 61.3
- Jameis Winston: 61.0
- Justin Herbert: 59.6
- Matthew Stafford: 59.5
- Russell Wilson: 59.5
- Kirk Cousins: 57.9
- Baker Mayfield: 55.9
- Jordan Love: 55.5
- Drake Maye: 55.2
- Sam Darnold: 54.7
- C.J. Stroud: 54.6
- Bo Nix: 54.4
- Jared Goff: 54.2
- Geno Smith: 52.3
- Aaron Rodgers: 52.0
- Tua Tagovailoa: 50.3
- Daniel Jones: 46.3
- Caleb Williams: 38.4
- Gardner Minshew: 37.8
- Anthony Richardson: 37.6
- Bryce Young: 32.7
- Will Levis: 31.8
- Cooper Rush: 24.8
- Mac Jones: 11.4
Stroud and the Texans will hit the road to take on the Dallas Cowboys in Week 11 on ‘Monday Night Football’ at AT&T Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.
The game will be nationall televised on ABC and ESPN.
