C.J. Stroud Wins AFC Offensive Player of the Week Again After Five-TD Game
C.J. Stroud is the AFC Offensive Player of the Week again. The Texans announced Wednesday, November 11, that their quarterback earned the Week 9 award following Houston’s 44–22 win over the Chargers.
According to the team, Stroud is the first player to win the AFC offensive award multiple times this season. He previously earned the honor after Houston’s Week 6 win over Jacksonville in London. The Texans list this as his fifth career AFC Offensive Player of the Week award.
Five touchdowns and the NFL’s top passing total
Stroud completed 21 of 35 passes for 384 yards, five touchdowns and one interception against Los Angeles, finishing with a 125.5 passer rating. He led the NFL in passing yards and passing touchdowns for Week 9. The five touchdown passes matched his career high, previously set against Tampa Bay as a rookie in 2023.
Houston started with an eight-play, 73-yard touchdown drive, with Stroud completing all five of his throws for 53 yards. He went on to throw touchdown passes to Xavier Hutchinson, Tank Dell, Kayshon Boutte and Nico Collins. Dell and Boutte each scored on a 63-yard reception, and Boutte finished with two touchdowns.
The 44 points tied Houston’s franchise record for a road game and helped the Texans move to 3–5 coming out of their bye. It was a performance that gave the offense several ways to win, with the protection holding up, receivers winning downfield and Stroud making plays from the pocket and on the move.
Another award as Houston builds toward Cleveland
Through eight games, Stroud has thrown for 2,251 yards and 16 touchdowns with a 104.8 passer rating. The Texans’ announcement lists him first in the AFC in touchdown-to-interception ratio at 8.0 and second in passing yards per game at 281.4.
Houston’s next opportunity to build on that production comes Sunday at Cleveland. In their latest Texans Radio interviews, Nick Caserio and DeMeco Ryans described how Stroud’s input helps shape the weekly game plan with Nick Caley, from protection adjustments to the plays he wants on the call sheet.
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