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Is CJ Stroud the Best Rookie QB Ever?
Sports Illustrated
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11/13/2023
Texans rookie CJ Stroud continued his stellar season after a huge win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Stroud now finds himself in the MVP conversation. SI's Robin Lundberg and Dakota London debate if Stroud is the greatest rookie QB ever.
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Is he the best rookie we've ever seen?
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- I'm gonna say no.
00:05
I think CJ's great.
00:07
I also think it's a little unfair to be asking the question
00:09
because the season's not done yet,
00:11
but I think he's looked fantastic.
00:12
But I'm gonna go with Ben Roethlisberger.
00:15
Roethlisberger went 13 and 0 in a regular season
00:17
his rookie year in 2004.
00:19
And obviously he wasn't putting up the numbers that CJ is,
00:22
but for what they needed him to be, he was.
00:25
I would also throw Dan Marino's name in there
00:26
just in the passing 'cause Dan was so special
00:28
when he first came out.
00:29
But Roethlisberger going 13 and 0 in a regular season
00:33
in your first year,
00:34
when he wasn't supposed to be the starter that season,
00:37
yeah, I'm definitely going big Ben.
00:38
- Well, the Steelers had that record,
00:40
not Ben Roethlisberger.
00:42
He wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire.
00:45
- It don't matter.
00:46
They didn't go 13 and 0 without him.
00:48
I mean, like, they finished that year 13 and 3.
00:51
They won 13 games because of him.
00:53
- To your point though, I mean, the season isn't over
00:56
and there have been some great rookie campaigns,
00:58
Andrew Luck.
00:59
Cam Newton might be the best rookie quarterback
01:02
I've ever seen in part due to what he did with his legs.
01:05
But when it comes to being a passer,
01:07
CJ Stroud is the best rookie passer of all time.
01:11
When you look at the depth of field that he's throwing,
01:13
when you look at the fact that he's averaging
01:15
more yards per game than any quarterback
01:17
in the NFL currently,
01:19
and that includes a crop of quarterbacks
01:21
with some of the greatest of all time,
01:23
Patrick Mahomes' name comes to mind.
01:25
And that the Texans are relevant,
01:28
I would have never expected to be talking about CJ Stroud
01:32
in the same breath as some of these other guys
01:34
that we're talking about him with.
01:36
And by the end of the season,
01:38
I do believe he will have a case
01:40
as the best rookie QB ever.
01:41
- Yeah, I'm gonna go flag on the play.
01:44
You say best passing rookie ever.
01:47
I saw, well, not in real time,
01:49
but Dan Marino, who is still regarded
01:51
as one of the greatest passers the game has ever seen,
01:54
was flinging that ball his rookie season too.
01:57
7-2 record as a rookie, but whatever.
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