As others said, he was an unknown at the time. But I did a survey before last year and 86.3% of y’all said he was a good hire.: https://ibb.co/k5fVTRz

If CJ Stroud goes on to be a top QB in the league, the NFL is going to change soooo much. I can’t count the number of times I see a rookie struggling and people respond with “no good QB is ever good their first year”. The leash will get a lot shorter for players down the road. It’s going to be tougher to justify keeping a struggling rookie by comparing his stats to Peyton Manning’s rookie stats.