Houston Texans second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud wasn’t perfect in Sunday’s win over the Indianapolis Colts, but he did enough to impress the QBR pundits.
The former Offensive Rookie of the Year completed 25-of-37 pass attempts for 285 yards and a touchdown pass in the second quarter. He completed 66.7% of his throws and connected on four balls over 15 yards downfield.
With that overall solid performance, Stroud remained idle at No. 12 in ESPN’s Total QBR rankings this week. ESPN gave Stroud a 60.2 QBR rating against Indianapolis, which is the middle of the pack for the 2024 season.
Stroud’s traditional passer rating against the Colts was 99.5, which marked the fourth-highest rating of the season. He posted a 115.9 rating in a 29-27 win over Indianapolis in Week 1’s victory.
The Total QBR differs from the traditional passer rating. According to ESPN, the QBR “incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties.”
The metric also considers scenarios that a traditional passer rating overlooks and looks at “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.”
Through eight games, Stroud’s thrown four interceptions and been sacked 23 times. Two turnovers came in the 34-7 loss against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 3.
Here’s a look at where Stroud stacks up against the NFL’s other starting quarterbacks entering Week 8 when it comes to QBR.
NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR before Week 9
- Joe Burrow: 75.4
- Lamar Jackson: 74.9
- Kyler Murray: 74.4
- Josh Allen: 73.7
- Jayden Daniels: 73.7
- Jalen Hurts: 69.3
- Patrick Mahomes: 67.0
- Trevor Lawrence: 65.7
- Brock Purdy: 62.4
- Kirk Cousins: 61.4
- Matthew Stafford: 61.4
- C.J. Stroud: 60.2
- Sam Darnold: 58.7
- Geno Smith: 57.3
- Justin Herbert: 56.0
- Baker Mayfield: 55.8
- Jordan Love: 55.6
- Andy Dalton: 54.9
- Justin Fields: 53.6
- Bo Nix: 53.6
- Jared Goff: 52.8
- Aaron Rodgers: 50.4
- Dak Prescott: 47.5
- Caleb Williams: 45.8
- Jacoby Brissett: 44.7
- Daniel Jones: 44.6
- Anthony Richardson: 38.4
- Gardner Minshew: 38.1
- Will Levis: 26.0
- Deshaun Watson: 22.8
Stroud and the Texans will take on the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football at MetLife Stadium at 7:15 p.m. CT.
