[2023 NFL Draft/1-2] C.J. Stroud, QB, Ohio State

The o line was better this year than last year and WSH now has to pay Tunsil a massive bag

 

Never watched him at Ohio State besides the peach bowl but everything the posters were saying he showed over the last two seasons, he's not good under pressure. Defenses know this, Nick should've known this. Offensive line should be the number priority!! Why the **** was Jake bum ass Andrews playing center for a qb that doesn't handle pressure well? Wtf?! This team is so ****ing infuriating

 

I remember the Northwestern game this poster was referring too. A lot of analysts threw this game out as an outlier because of the bad weather, Coming full circle it's the same thing that happened in the Patriots game. The Northwestern game is the only game that CJ really had to hurry things up and get the ball out fast and he made a lot of mistakes. The Norhtwestern defense was blitzing and causing all sorts of problems. Cj was throwing really errant passes, bad footwork, awful timing.. He looked bad. All the other games during the year, CJ had pl plenty of time to setup and wait for his receivers to get open. The Ohio State offensive line that year was awesome. When Stroud has time to throw and is comfortable he is really good and as the poster above said, Cj can make any throw. But that Northwestern game really showed what happens when you can rattle Stroud.

 

If it was better it wasn't by much and losing Tunsil hurt CJ.

 

Maybe it was one of those notoriously super-windy days in Chicago.

 

That would definitely explain his cognitive collapse.

 

I think it's a little early to evaluate how he's done since the last concussion, but if he starts rambling on about invading Greenland then I'm definitely concerned.

 

Or if he calls Greeland, Iceland

 

Is it true that Caserio is noncommital about exercising the 5th year option for CJ?

I think a divorce would be great for both parties. Houston needs a QB that someone else has developed. He doesn't have to be great, just mediocre. As for CJ, he can go where he'll receive far superior coaching and development and become a quality QB. I call that a win-win for everybody!

 

That would be hella stoopid to not exercise CJ's 5th year. He has plenty of value if you do decide to move in a new direction. It's ~$40M for the option - which still wouldn't put Coleridge in the top 16 QB contracts.