Grade C.J. Stroud's performance against Ravens

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00:00We do this every single week at this time after the game on Sunday,

00:05and we go to C.J. Stroud's great, 713-572-4610.

00:10YouTube and Twitch, you can jump in on this.

00:12C.J. Stroud, 85-plus percent completion percentage.

00:17He was 23 of 27, 244 yards, four touchdown passes, no picks, no turnovers,

00:2630 yards rushing, and a quarterback rating of 143.9.

00:32And he did it.

00:34Again, the last two weeks he has looked like the cat from his first year.

00:40713-572-4610, YouTube and Twitch.

00:43What was C.J. Stroud's grade in your opinion?

00:46Clint, as you're a former quarterback in the league in college football,

00:50and you've watched this, you've coached quarterbacks,

00:53you're great for C.J. Stroud yesterday.

00:55Yeah, I got an A.

00:56I mean, really the only reason this was not an A-plus

00:59is because it's clearly one of the worst defenses in football.

01:02I mean, I got to reserve the A-plus for C.J. Stroud when it's either a shootout

01:07and he just blows the box score up and plays this efficient,

01:12or when the opponent is better and he goes out there and plays like this

01:18and wins a ballgame.

01:19So I've got to give myself a little room for the best C.J. performance that's possible

01:23to up the ante.

01:25So I just went with an A.

01:27This was an unbelievable game for C.J. Stroud.

01:31I mean, there was a little bit of everything.

01:3385% completion.

01:35It's a new career high, single-game high for him.

01:38And as I said earlier, look, he was flirting with 90%

01:41until that last drive and the protection broke down back-to-back plays.

01:45He was flirting with 90%.

01:46And it was a convincing 85%.

01:50It spread the ball around to all these different targets,

01:54you know, 10 different targets, eight different guys had catches.

01:58Again, I mentioned it a couple of times in the first segment,

02:01the committing to that death-by-a-thousand-cuts approach.

02:04For a quarterback that typically wants to sit in there

02:07and just aggressive, aggressive, aggressive,

02:09I think that's who C.J. is by nature.

02:12A moment when he can be aggressive but stay committed to the approach,

02:16I think, is absolute money.

02:17You look at how he played in the red zone.

02:21Yes, there were some throw in the oceans there,

02:23which is what you hope you get from Nick Cayley,

02:25but there were some tight window throws.

02:28The back-shoulder throw was absolute money.

02:32You know, I just think overall C.J. Stroud could not have played better football.

02:37I think the commitment to getting the football out,

02:41like the mid-range game, the play action, you know,

02:45play action to the right, quick glance throw to Nico to the left,

02:49a couple of different throws to Dalton Schultz,

02:54and I would call it the mid-range game, 10 to 15 yards.

02:58It's not like he was going out there

02:59and he was just really good in the quick game, right?

03:01This game didn't consist of many, if any, screens.

03:04So everything was literally a forward pass

03:06and everything was literally beyond the line of scrimmage,

03:08and he was elite in that mid-range game as well.

03:12And once again, when the shots were called

03:18and the shots were taken,

03:21they were in moments where, yes,

03:24they're lower percentage throws because they take longer

03:26and you've got to throw them further down the field.

03:28The further a ball travels in the air,

03:30the less likely it is to be caught, right?

03:31It's just common sense.

03:33The go-route to Nico Collins early in the game didn't hit it,

03:35but it was effective.

03:37I love that shot.

03:38The deep shot play-action shot to Christian Kirk

03:43was a throw in the ocean.

03:45That was beautiful.

03:46There was one more shot somewhere.

03:47I don't remember.

03:47Oh, the back shoulder to Hutch, which it was a dime.

03:54And so, yeah, man, I don't know that CJ could play any better personally.

04:00I think the opponent could be better

04:01and he could be forced to do a little bit more

04:03and maybe be better and be more aggressive

04:05because the game dictates it.

04:07But for me, man, this is about an A as an A can get for CJ Stroud.

04:11Yeah, I'll go full goal.

04:12I'll go A-plus.

04:13I get what you're saying from the opponent's standpoint.

04:17But, I mean, man, four tutties.

04:19He almost ran another one in and he used his legs.

04:25One time he made the decision to run on a third down

04:28and then ran it all the way down and nearly scored on it,

04:31but then didn't say, well, hell, man, I'm going to keep doing this.

04:33No, he didn't.

04:34He chose and was judicial with the amount of times he'd run,

04:39which was a good one for 30 yards, which is a good average right there.

04:44And like we said, man, the special skill that he has of just being able to put the ball

04:50where he wants to, we saw that in a big-time way.

04:54And that back shoulder throw to Hutch, the timing and everything was fantastic.

05:00His other touchdown to Nico Collins in traffic put it right there on the money for him to go get.

05:06So I thought he was strong.

05:09I'll give you an A-plus.

05:10Text line coming in, A-minus.

05:12Someone else, a solid A.

05:14That's an A-plus overall for CJ.

05:16That's how CJ will look with great protection.

05:19A-plus, eight straight drives with points, either seven or three incredible,

05:26no picks or fumbles.

05:28He looked great.

05:28No, I thought he did.

05:29I thought he was – I thought that was –

05:32two games.

05:34Really, the last – this game and then the last quarter,

05:38the fourth quarter of the Titans game,

05:40that looked like the CJ Stroud in which people were like,

05:44hey, man, this dude might be able to get up in here with the elite of the elite.

05:50That was – that's what we've seen the last couple of times.

05:54Ball not even hitting the ground damn near at all.

05:56It's only four –

05:57It looked like he was playing seven on seven, man.

05:59It did, man.

05:59He was comfortable and putting it on the money.

06:03All right.

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