C.J. Stroud: Emerging as a Top MVP Candidate for 2024

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00:00Let's start with our MVP winner in 2024.

00:06Donnie for you.

00:07Who's the guy?

00:08I'm going to go CJ Stroudness at a 12 to 1 price.

00:11Now, you might say, look, when you try to level out and say, what do you need to be

00:15an MVP candidate here?

00:16You actually have to have a breakout season before you're actually the MVP and hear me

00:20out on this.

00:21So many times you see like a great offensive tackle, a great defensive lineman.

00:24You got to be at an all pro level, Ben, before what?

00:27You get voted to the all pro team.

00:29Same thing in the NBA.

00:30Remember, Joel Embiid had a couple of MVP seasons, not able to break through, finally

00:33broke through when you knew you were ready for him.

00:35And I feel like we might be ready for CJ Stroud, even though he's young and it's a second year.

00:39He was in that MVP race in December last year, going toe to toe with the likes of Patrick

00:44Holmes and also Lamar Jackson.

00:46And if I look at the way he's performed in the preseason, they're a better football team

00:50now.

00:51They're not going to surprise us by saying like, oh, I wonder if he can do that on the

00:54next weekend.

00:55I think they can win that division.

00:57I think they will win that, which would mean they're going to be probably a top two, three

01:00seed at least in the AFC.

01:03And heaven forbid we talk about MVP candidates.

01:05You don't get voted on the MVP through the playoffs and the Super Bowl.

01:09This is a regular season award.

01:11What happens if we find ourselves?

01:12Is it so far fetched that the Houston Texas have a 12 win season and can vie for that

01:17top overall seed?

01:19We're ready for CJ Stroud to be great.

01:21We're expecting him to be great.

01:23This is a better football team.

01:25That young wide receiving core another year better.

01:27Stephon digs with the chip on his shoulder coming over from the Buffalo Bills.

01:31I like everything I've seen out of the Houston Texans in the offseason from a free agent

01:36perspective and a preparation level that I do believe.

01:39I'm not just buying the hype and say, oh, let me just throw a dart out here when it's

01:42easy to take.

01:43You know, Patrick Holmes, I told you the Kansas City Chiefs win it isn't hand in hand.

01:46I wanted a better price on a guy that says, you know what, there might be a chance that

01:50the Texans could get a top two seed and why not take a twelve to one price on a great

01:54young quarterback that showed us as a rookie, he's ready to be at an MVP level then.