CJ Stroud not only loves football, but he’s obsessed with it. And according to Texans offensive coordinator Nick Caley , Stroud’s obsession with the sport takes so much off the staff’s shoulders. They don’t have to push him to watch film or drill him on prep work. He’s already a step ahead, doing it all on his own. “He studies ball,” Caley told Steven Ruiz. “C.J. studies the league. I mean, he watches. It’s amazing how much tape he watches.” Interestingly, that obsession didn’t take long to reveal itself either. Caley said he picked up on it during their very first conversation in the spring, which stretched into hours of football talk.

Both coach and quarterback immediately aligned on a shared mission— repairing a Texans offense that sputtered in too many ways last season .

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