{"id":119680,"date":"2025-06-10T21:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/119680\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T21:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T21:33:12","slug":"c-j-stroud-puts-injury-concerns-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/119680\/","title":{"rendered":"C.J. Stroud Puts Injury Concerns to Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

C.J. Stroud Puts Injury Concerns to Rest<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A bit of doubt had hung over Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud entering camp, with questions lingering about whether a minor shoulder muscle injury would delay his readiness for Week 1.<\/p>\n

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Stroud had previously held off from throwing during Optional Team Activities (OTAs), which only added to the speculation. He didn\u2019t speak with the media during those sessions, leaving head coach DeMeco Ryans to handle the noise.<\/p>\n

After Houston\u2019s final OTA session last week, Ryans told reporters<\/a>, \u201cThere\u2019s no concerns with C.J. It\u2019s just general soreness.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Stroud made it clear that there\u2019s nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n

During practice, Stroud was seen throwing passes with ease, silencing concerns and confirming he\u2019s still on the right track.<\/p>\n

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Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud (7) runs on to the field.Bob Donnan-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The third-year QB appeared amused by the media frenzy surrounding his status.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was already throwing before you guys saw me out there,\u201d Stroud said during a media scrum.\u00a0Addressing the narrative more directly, he added, \u201cI think y\u2019all don\u2019t have much to talk about, so everything is blown up in the offseason. I\u2019m fine, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even Ryans seemed fed up, jokingly telling reporters, \u201cOh, C.J. threw today, right? Alright!\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear the Texans aren\u2019t just brushing off the narrative, but they\u2019re growing tired of it. And so are the fans.<\/p>\n

One fan on ‘X’ wrote<\/a>, \u201cWhat are the national media talking heads going to discuss now? I\u2019m sure they\u2019re disappointed!\u201d<\/p>\n

Another posted<\/a>, \u201cSo tired of everyone. I love him,\u201d in reference to Ryans\u2019 remark.<\/p>\n

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Barring any setbacks, the former NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year looks fully ready to lead the Texans onto the field in Week 1\u2014just as expected.<\/p>\n

With a healthy Stroud and new additions, including rookie Jayden Higgins and most recently veteran Nick Chubb, the Texans are well-positioned to make serious noise as contenders next season.<\/p>\n

Related: C.J. Stroud Question Looming as Texans Prepare for Mandatory Minicamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Texans’ C.J. Gardner-Johnson Sounds Off on Eagles DC’s Comments<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"C.J. Stroud Puts Injury Concerns to Rest originally appeared on Athlon Sports. A bit of doubt had hung…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2056],"tags":[1028,3607,7,221,253,2368,569,6,587,29264,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-119680","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-c-j-stroud","9":"tag-demeco-ryans","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-texans","13":"tag-houstontexans","14":"tag-jayden-higgins","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nick-chubb","17":"tag-shoulder-muscle","18":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114661215725572987","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}