Houston Texans quarterback CJ Stroud burst onto the scene in 2023 with one of the best rookie seasons ever. Stroud became just the third player ever to lead the league in both passing yards per game and touchdown-to-interception ratio that year, joining all-time NFL greats Tom Brady and Joe Montana on that list.

Furthermore, he became just the fifth rookie ever with 4,000-plus passing yards, and he broke the rookie record for passing touchdowns in a playoff game. Stroud was the youngest quarterback to win a playoff game in said performance against the Cleveland Browns, and it looked like he'd become an MVP-caliber megastar for years to come.

Instead, Stroud looked like a shell of himself during a sophomore slump, and he has done nothing to invoke confidence through two weeks of hi

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