DVOA means efficiency per play and DYAR is total volume. So by football outsiders metrics, Stroud is the 2nd best performing qb this year on a play by play basis and the most valuable overall.
His DYAR is 1031. on pace for 1964 DYAR over this season.
His DVOA is 36.8%, meaning he is 36.8% above a league average QB.
To give context to how impressive this is, I will list a few QB seasons with similar metrics.
Aaron Rodgers in 2020 in his 48 TD 5 INT season had a 33.7% DVOA and 1649 DVOA. Granted this was a 16 game season.
Mahomes 50 TD season was 39.9% DVOA and 2031 DYAR.
So Stroud is playing at a similar level to 2 MVP, HOF QBs best seasons
If you are skeptical about these advanced metrics, Stroud also grades well in traditional ones.
He is 3rd in ANY/A (and the 2 ahead of him have much better offensive rosters), 6th in passer rating and 13th in pass success rate.
He should be in serious MVP consideration, especially with the defenses he has faced so far.
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There are definitely scenarios where he can win MVP and have arguably the most impressive rookie season ever. Texans fans have so much to look forward to.
Also I haven’t heard a lot but how has Anderson looked on the defensive side?
Anderson is creating pressures and opportunities for others to get sacks. It’s not showing up on the stat sheet, but he it schemed against, double/triple teamed all the time. That’s partially because the Texans don’t really have anybody else on the D-line that opposing coordinators would have to focus on. We notice him in games usually when he throws the right tackle into the QB’s lap.
Rookie D-ends usually make a big step in year 2, and the Texans should get even more help on the line wether through the draft or free agency, and you should hear more from him on sport center (or wherever) then.
Everyone is happy we have him, but we will see if he is fully worth what we gave up to go get him, but so far so good. On that note, with news today that Deshaun is having season ending surgery, it’s looking more and more like the Browns Rd1 (Texans still have) will be lower than the Texan’s (the one they traded).