The rookie quarterback led a six-play, 55-yard drive, capped by a 38-yard field goal to lift the Houston Texans to a 30-27 win over Cincinnati on Sunday. The second overall pick is the only rookie quarterback in the past 40 years to lead game-winning drives in the final two minutes in two straight games. “The calmness starts for him in that he’s played in a lot of big games at Ohio State,” coach DeMeco Ryans said.
Joe Burrow and C.J. Stroud have some common ground beyond being NFL quarterbacks at the center of Sunday's matchup between the Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans. An Ohio native, Burrow spent three years at Ohio State and earned a degree but didn't play much football. In Baton Rouge, Burrow won a national championship and Heisman Trophy and was the top pick in the 2020 draft by the Bengals.
When running back Dare Ogunbowale was thrust into action as Houston’s emergency kicker Sunday against Tampa Bay he was ready for whatever he might be asked to do. “To win games in the league you never know what’s going to happen,” Ogunbowale said.
Halfway through his rookie season, quarterback C.J. Stroud has completely transformed the Houston Texans. The Texans (4-4) still have work to do, but with four wins they’ve already surpassed their total from last season with nine games remaining. The second overall pick in the draft set the NFL record for most yards passing by a rookie Sunday by throwing for 470 yards and five touchdowns.
Down by four with less than a minute to go Sunday, rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud had complete confidence that he could rally the Houston Texans to a victory. Stroud threw for five touchdowns and a rookie-record 470 yards to lift the Texans to a 39-37 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a wild back-and-forth game. Baker Mayfield put the Buccaneers on top with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Cade Otton with 46 seconds left.