MNF Recap: The DeAndre Hopkins Difference

The Texans are a legitimate Super Bowl contender versus No They Aren’t

Two Sunday nights ago, the Texans closed out the 2025 Kansas City Chiefs for all intents and purposes. The Chargers would finish the job, as Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL in Los Angeles’ narrow win at Arrowhead a week later, removing the biggest bogeyman in the AFC from the playoff

Winter of Stroud's Content pt. II -- The Third Quarter

Here is a take I’ve been brewing in the lab for a while, but I’m going to warn you that you’re not going to like it. Okay? You were warned. One of the promises of analytical thinking is the idea that we can create heuristics that help

When brute force fails: A Texans Red Zone study

There are 32 NFL teams. The Houston Texans are just about middle of the pack in total red zone trips – 18th in the league, with 39 trips. They are the only team in the league with that many trips and fewer than 20 touchdowns, at 17. The only team in

The Winter of Stroud's Content

When I was a dipshit college student, there was no Twitter, Facebook was really new, and the law of the land for aspiring writers was: Write something, send it to some bigger sites, and hope they like it enough to post it in their links posts.

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The Texans are a legitimate Super Bowl contender versus No They Aren’t

Winter of Stroud's Content pt. II -- The Third Quarter

When brute force fails: A Texans Red Zone study

The Winter of Stroud's Content