Houston Texas second year quarterback CJ Stroud wasn’t perfect in Sunday’s win over the Indianapolis Colts, but he did enough to impress QBR pundits.

The former Offensive Rookie of the Year completed 25-of-37 passing attempts for 285 yards and a touchdown pass in the second quarter. He completed 66.7% of his throws and connected on four balls over 15 yards downfield.

With the overall solid performance, Stroud remained idle on No. 12 inches ESPN’s Overall QBR Ranking this week. ESPN gave Stroud a 60.2 QBR rating against Indianapolis, which is middle of the pack for the 2024 season.

Stroud’s traditional passer rating against the Colts was 99.5, which marked the fourth-highest rating of the season. He scored 115.9 in a 29-27 win over Indianapolis in Week 1’s win.

Total QBR differs from the traditional passer rating. According to ESPNQBR “contains all of one quarterbacks contribution to winning, including how he affects the game with passes, rushes, turnovers and penalties.”

The metric also takes into account scenarios that a traditional passer rating overlooks and watching “a team’s level of success or failure in each play to provide proper context and then allocate credit to the quarterback and his teammate to produce a clearer measure of the quarterback’s effectiveness.”

Through eight games, Stroud’s threw four interceptions and got fired 23 times. Two turnovers came in the 34-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 3.

Here is a look at where Stroud stacks up against NFL’s other starting quarterbacks entering Week 8 when it comes to QBR.

NFL QBs ranked by Total QBR before Week 9

1. Joe Burrow: 75.4
2. Lamar Jackson: 74.9
3. Kyle Murray: 74.4
4. Josh Allen: 73.7
5. Jayden Daniels: 73.7
6. Jalen Hurts: 69.3
7. Patrick Mahomes: 67.0
8. Trevor Lawrence: 65.7
9. Brock Purdy: 62.4
10. Kirk Cousins: 61.4
11. Matthew Stafford: 61.4
12. CJ Stroud: 60.2
13. Sam Darnold: 58.7
14. Geno Smith: 57.3
15. Justin Herbert: 56.0
16. Baker Mayfield: 55.8
17. Jordan Love: 55.6
18. Andy Dalton: 54.9
19. Justin Fields: 53.6
20. Bo Nix: 53.6
21. Jared Goff: 52.8
22. Aaron Rodgers: 50.4
23. Dak Prescott: 47.5
24. Caleb Williams: 45.8
25. Jacoby Brissett: 44.7
26. Daniel Jones: 44.6
27. Anthony Richardson: 38.4
28. Gardner Minshew: 38.1
29. Will Levis: 26.0
30. Deshaun Watson: 22.8

Stroud and the Texans will face the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football at MetLife Stadium at 7:15pm CT.