Houston Texans second-year quarterback C.J. Stroud posted a Total QBR rating of 13.4 in the team’s 31-2 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 17, bringing his season-long Total QBR average to 49.0.
Nix’s season-long rating has dipped since last week (51.1) and his overall rank (No. 21) among current starters is down two spots since last week (No. 19).
Nix’s traditional passer rating this season is 86.0, which ranks 24th.
Unlike a traditional passer rating, the Total QBR “incorporates all of a quarterback’s contributions to winning, including how he impacts the game on passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties,” according to ESPN.
The metric takes into account scenarios that a traditional passer rating overlooks and considers “a team’s level of success or failure on every play to provide the proper context and then allocates credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of quarterback efficiency.”
With that context in mind, here’s a look at how Stroud stacks up against the NFL’s other starting quarterbacks entering the Week 18 regular-season finale.
NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR after Week 17
- Lamar Jackson: 78.0
- Joe Burrow: 76.7
- Josh Allen: 76.7
- Jayden Daniels: 72.4
- Jordan Love: 69.8
- Patrick Mahomes: 68.5
- Brock Purdy: 67.8
- Jared Goff: 67.1
- Kyler Murray: 66.9
- Jalen Hurts: 66.1
- Matthew Stafford: 64.7
- Sam Darnold: 63.4
- Justin Herbert: 61.8
- Baker Mayfield: 59.4
- Drake Maye: 59.0
- Bo Nix: 54.1
- Russell Wilson: 53.0
- Geno Smith: 52.7
- Aidan O’Connell: 50.6
- Drew Lock: 50.3
- C.J. Stroud: 49.0
- Aaron Rodgers: 48.3
- Bryce Young: 48.0
- Anthony Richardson: 46.5
- Caleb Williams: 45.5
- Michael Penix: 44.1
- Cooper Rush: 40.4
- Mac Jones: 39.3
- Spencer Rattler: 36.9
- Tyler Huntley: 36.7
- Will Levis: 30.2
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson: 18.9
Stroud will look to improve his Total QBR rating when the Texans travel to Nashville to take on the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Kickoff from Nissan Stadium is scheduled for noon CT.