Skull Session: C.J. Stroud’s draft stock rises after the Peach Bowl, nobody understands targeting anymore and the Atlanta Falcons take a cheap shot at Noah Ruggles.
C.J. Stroud played about as well as an Ohio State quarterback can play in the Peach Bowl, completing 23 of 34 passes for 348 yards and four touchdowns with eight carries for 72 yards .
According to Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated, NFL executives and scouts took notice to Stroud's fantastic performance in Atlanta and were especially pleased with how he carried his team on the biggest stage in college football.“He really helped himself,” says one NFC exec. “And that he was doing it without star players was huge. It’s all the stuff he was busted on—that he was good, but it was more about the star receivers or the line.
At the start of the 2022 season, those five players were Ohio State's WR1, RB1, WR2, RB2 and TE1. So, yes, Stroud's efforts were indeed Herculean, and undoubtedly cement his place in the conversation of, which makes it such a shame the Buckeyes were unable to capitalize on his next-level performance with a victory.
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