C.J. Stroud & Will Anderson Improve, But Texans Lose to Dolphins

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00:00 The Texans took down Tua on the very first play of the game with an interception in preseason

00:08 game number two, but score-wise it got much better for that for the Dolphins after that

00:15 and not so good for the Houston Texans, although a gigantic bright spot in the 28-3 Houston

00:21 Texans loss in Houston over the weekend.

00:25 And the bright spot, among other things, is C.J. Stroud.

00:30 There were defensive problems in stopping the run, no question about that, but defensively

00:34 the first-round pick, Will Anderson, was awfully good.

00:37 And offensively, the first-round pick, C.J. Stroud.

00:41 Talking about how I got into a rhythm, I felt in a rhythm.

00:45 The numbers, good.

00:47 Seven of 12, 60 yards, pushed the Texans to a field goal, did all the quarterback work

00:53 in the first half.

00:54 Quote from Stroud, "I felt like I took a step.

00:57 Gotta clean some things up, but I feel like I'm in a rhythm now."

01:01 Head coach Demeko Ryans is not quite ready to commit to Stroud as his guy for the regular

01:07 season, but all indications point that way.

01:12 Quote from Ryans, I think overall, just with the operation of the offense, C.J., "More

01:17 efficient, more comfortable.

01:19 Everyone around him played better.

01:20 I'm proud of the progress," he says, "that Stroud has made."

01:24 And then the coach said something else about where Houston's going here.

01:29 Without pledging yet that Stroud is his guy, he did say, "If C.J. keeps improving like

01:35 this," and paraphrasing, "we keep improving with him, we're gonna be just fine."

01:43 And also a positive note again on the other first-rounder, Anderson, as the coach Ryans

01:49 said.

01:50 "They did a really good job of disrupting by playing on their side of the line of scrimmage.

01:55 That's what we want from our defensive linemen."

01:57 Anderson looked like the kind of player he was at Alabama before he got here, and Stroud

02:03 looked like the kind of player he was at Ohio State before he got here.

02:07 The Texans lose 28-3, preseason week number two, but bright spots from the two first-rounders

02:14 covering the NFL and the Houston Texans.

02:16 Fish, out.