C.J. Stroud: Unexpected MVP Candidate, Key In Bengals-Texans
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00:00 the game.
00:03 TJ Stroud, he has put himself right now in a dark horse MVP
00:08 candidate type of situation. He protects the football. He
00:11 throws for big time yardage. He makes big time plays. It is
00:15 remarkable to watch the youngster in H down. You're
00:18 spreading this football game is five and a half numbers
00:21 dropping. Does that mean Jamar Chase is going to be absent
00:24 potentially? We know T Higgins will be your totals dropping as
00:27 well. It's 46 and a half. I did play under 47 in this game. We
00:32 can get into that a little bit more, but I'll go to you first
00:34 Joe. What do you like here? I still lean to Cincinnati and
00:36 it's been not just the offense in terms of Joe Burrow and
00:39 Jamar Chase and T Higgins that have been consistent over the
00:42 past three games. It's been the defense for me, you know,
00:45 they've held three straight rushing attacks under a hundred
00:48 yards physical rushing attacks like Seattle Buffalo and San
00:52 Francisco and that's where they're getting it done. So
00:55 even though statistically they're giving up 129 rushing
00:58 yards per game that was in the majority of the first half of
01:01 the season. They're starting to bounce back into form. And when
01:04 you look at Houston Donnie, they're only rushing for 87
01:08 yards per game heading into this ballgame. They're going
01:10 to need a better effort. That's where I like Cincinnati. I
01:13 think they could force crowd to read coverage work down the
01:17 field and get limit chunk plays. Not only that, but
01:20 Nico Collins is banged up for that offense today. So he
01:23 potentially will be out and then there's an extra weapon
01:27 not for CJ Stroud. I know Noah Brown stepped up but only going
01:31 to Cincinnati here. I think they're starting to play much
01:34 more consistently on the offense and defensive lines as
01:37 well. And I think most people don't trust Evan Singletary
01:39 either in his new role here with the Houston Texans. Pierce
01:41 not going to play today. So immediately you think Singletary
01:44 might be one of those valid options just hasn't been that
01:46 good. Dalton Schultz might be an interesting look here tight
01:48 end though for the Houston Texans, but I'm for being
01:50 honest. Okay, T Higgins is down. Well, if I still have
01:53 Tyler Boyd and Jamar Chase on the outside, I'm going to be
01:55 just fine with Joe Burrow. And I think Joe was also on to
01:57 something here when you take a look at Anuramu's defense.
01:59 It's really now coming into his own. They'll be down one of
02:02 their top pass rushers, but sometimes Kevin isn't just
02:04 simple already. CJ Stroud is a rookie quarterback. Rookie
02:07 quarterbacks aren't supposed to go on the road and beat
02:09 Cincinnati in their own building when Cincinnati is playing
02:11 well, even if you're telling me, hey Donnie, look, they're
02:13 banged up at wide out. Now, will it change a little bit on
02:15 the total? And I think you might get a steal Kevin if Jamar
02:17 Chase is down in this game because let's be honest, if
02:20 he's not even a hundred percent, just having him out there
02:23 as a decoy is massive. If he's not there, that turns Boyd
02:26 into the number one. You don't have to worry about it so
02:27 much. Maybe they lean on more mix in here. So I like your
02:30 look on the under if that happens. But if I'm just being
02:32 honest with myself, I agree where that line movement is
02:34 under seven because we don't know really who's playing,
02:36 but my goodness, it's still a laundry list of injuries for
02:39 the Texans as well. And a rookie quarterback again, not
02:41 supposed to win here. I would take the Cincinnati Bengals
02:44 here as long as Chase is in, I like him with the cover.
02:46 So.
02:47 Yeah.
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