Stroud completed 26 of 36 attempts for 261 yards and a TD, plus another 5 yards and TD on the ground in a lopsided win over the Titans. He finished as a QB1 pending Sunday and Monday Night Football, his second straight week doing so.
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Stroud has taken care of the football all season, with zero interceptions, and that continued on Sunday. He joins Jared Goff as the only QBs without an INT on at least 150 pass attempts.
It’s part of what’s made him a solid passer to begin the season, ranking 9th among QBs with 8.2 adjusted yards per attempt.
But he’s been considerably better with WR Nico Collins healthy. Stroud has averaged 20.2 PPR points per game and finished as a QB1 in two of three games with his top WR compared to 14.4 in the two games without him.
The Texans added another weapon to the offense in WR Marvin Harrison Jr following a trade with the Cardinals, which only improves Stroud’s rest-of-season outlook.
Stroud leads an upgraded offense into a Week 6 matchup with a Jaguars defense that had allowed the 10th fewest points to QBs entering Week 5.
