{"id":115710,"date":"2024-04-30T03:31:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T03:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/?p=115710"},"modified":"2024-04-30T03:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T03:31:37","slug":"kamari-lassiter-gives-high-praise-to-houston-texans-qb-c-j-stroud-nguyensa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/kamari-lassiter-gives-high-praise-to-houston-texans-qb-c-j-stroud-nguyensa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamari Lassiter gives high praise to Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before calling him a teammate in Houston,\u00a0Kamari Lassiter\u00a0knew\u00a0C.J. Stroud as the enemy who had crossed into unauthorized territory. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lassiter,<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0second-round draft pick<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>was the anchor of a Georgia secondary hellbent on securing a second national title in as many seasons.<\/span>\u00a0Stroud, the Texans\u2019 franchise quarterback and reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year, was ready\u00a0to bring Ohio State\u00a0back to the championship for the first time since 2014.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For three hours at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Ohio State and Georgia\u00a0<\/span>battled<\/span>\u00a0it\u00a0<\/span>out in<\/span>\u00a0the College Football Playoff semifinal Peach Bowl. Lassiter and the Bulldogs secured the 42-41 victory after Buckeyes kicker Noah Ruggles missed a 50-yard field goal as time expired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stroud, however, won the night by silencing the critics in his final college game. Lassiter, tasked with covering pass-catchers like Emeka Egbuka, Marvin Harrison Jr. and Cade Stover, has a front-row seat to the premiere.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cC.J. Stroud gave us hell,\u201d Lassiter said Friday evening after being selected 42nd overall. \u201cI don\u2019t remember too many passes hitting the ground. That was one of the few games where he\u00a0<\/span>truly<\/span>\u00a0didn\u2019t have an answer for the quarterback.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stroud was in a new element on New Year\u2019s Eve, a prophecy to a new age in his career. He was elusive, trusting his feet to evade pressure from a defensive line with three future first-round picks. He was concise, looking for the \u201cnext play\u201d rather than the home run ball.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Stroud\u2019s finest moment for the Buckeyes, he delivered<\/span>, tossing<\/span>\u00a0four touchdown passes while throwing for 348 yards.<\/span>\u00a0He completed nearly 68% of his passes and was near-perfect on third-down conversions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Football is a team sport\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0Stroud was playing as a\u00a0<\/span>one-man<\/span>\u00a0show in the game\u2019s final 15 minutes. Marvin Harrison Jr. left after being hit in the head to be evaluated for a concussion and never returned. The Buckeyes were short-handed at receiver as eventual first-round pick Jaxon Smith-Njigba elected to opt out before kickoff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even then, Stroud remained steadfast, using his legs on the final two drives to set up field goal tries. The first one connected from 48 yards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The next went wide left with three seconds left.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe scraped out of there barely,\u201d said Lassiter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stroud\u2019s 2022 ended in tragedy. His 2023\u00a0<\/span>was filled<\/span>\u00a0with triumph.\u00a0<\/span>Houston made him its next franchise quarterback with\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0No. 2 overall pick\u00a0<\/span>in April<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Stroud rewarded their trust in him by becoming the fifth rookie in league history to throw for 4,000 yards in his first season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He also became the youngest quarterback to throw for over 200 yards and three touchdowns in a playoff\u00a0<\/span>game,<\/span>\u00a0and the youngest passer since Mark Sanchez in 2009 to win a postseason matchup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lassiter used to know Stroud as a passer he wanted to pick off.\u00a0<\/span>Now,<\/span>\u00a0he\u2019ll hopefully be picking off passes to get the ball back in Stroud\u2019s hands.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before calling him a teammate in Houston,\u00a0Kamari Lassiter\u00a0knew\u00a0C.J. Stroud as the enemy who had crossed into unauthorized territory. Lassiter,\u00a0the\u00a0Houston Texans\u00a0second-round draft pick,\u00a0was the anchor of a Georgia… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":115711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115712,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115710\/revisions\/115712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}