BY or CJ

[cranky]

On 1/21/2026 at 3:16 PM, kungfoodude said:

That kid is fuging done. I am telling ya'll, everything about him exudes shattered confidence.

I'm reading the post here and for the most part am lmao at ya'll, but after watching Strouds' video, I have to say I agree, he looks like he's about to cry. He may be done. 

[PantherKyle]

So funny reading all the clown posts about Stroud blowing BY outta the water after the rookie year not reading into context.

Give me BY. He's ascending. Stroud has been regressing. 

[frankw]

"He's ascending"

Yeah that's why we're all holding our breath waiting to see if Bryce Young will begin his fourth season as a starter playing horribly like he has the first three seasons.

[bandu]

LOL all the overreaction in this one thread is crazy af.

even the current odds on favorite to win the Most Valuable Player Award this season Qb Matthew Stafford has a bad game.just here recently in a week 17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons Matthew Stafford threw 3 interception & one being a pick 6 .so what does this mean about Matthew Stafford ? 

& same thing with CJ Stroud alot of you all are ignoring the evaluation process whic is to gather all the facts pros & cons good & bad & instead irrationality jumping to the conclusion that somehow Bryce Young is better now or almost as good  as CJ Stroud simply  based off pretty much that one bad performance CJ Stroud had in a playoff loss to the New England Patriots 

 

just saying ...pfft whatever 

 

[fieryprophet]

7 hours ago, bandu said:

based off pretty much that one bad performance CJ Stroud had in a playoff loss to the New England Patriots 

He had 5 fumbles vs Pittsburgh and was fortunate his defense dominated the Steelers.

[carolinanimal]

2 hours ago, fieryprophet said:

He had 5 fumbles vs Pittsburgh and was fortunate his defense dominated the Steelers.

CJ is still a has been a better overall QB than Bryce. 

[kungfoodude]

14 hours ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

I'm not really in the CJ "camp" per se... the point I was making from the start is just that he's far superior to Bryce.  We'd be better off had we drafted him.  That said, he's not a top tier QB right now and probably wouldn't be had we drafted him either.

I would have normally agreed on the "far superior" but that run in the playoffs made me re-think that view. Bryce looked like he belonged on the field most of our game and CJ never did at almost any point.

Either way, as I have said repeatedly, I no longer view the 2023 QB class with the "what should have been" and I view the 2024 class of which we rightfully earned our spot at #1 overall as the one that got away. 

Now those are amazing first round QB's.

[kungfoodude]

14 hours ago, cranky said:

I'm reading the post here and for the most part am lmao at ya'll, but after watching Strouds' video, I have to say I agree, he looks like he's about to cry. He may be done. 

I know you are a Bryce homer but the games are even worse. I don't even recall Darnold at the Jets being that shook and uncomfortable. That's the worst composure I have ever seen and that's living through Jeff Lewis and ghost of David Carr.

 

13 hours ago, PantherKyle said:

So funny reading all the clown posts about Stroud blowing BY outta the water after the rookie year not reading into context.

Give me BY. He's ascending. Stroud has been regressing. 

No offense but that ascent is pretty minimal. He's ascended to still being a bottom 5-6 QB.

 

54 minutes ago, carolinanimal said:

CJ is still a has been a better overall QB than Bryce. 

The "overall" part isn't questionable, no one should be arguing overall body of work vs. Bryce. The fact that he fell off a cliff with a cakewalk to a Super Bowl appearance is a big problem. Literally historically bad. That's not nothing.

[SOJA]

It's inarguable that CJ Stroud has a higher ceiling than Bryce. We've seen it his rookie year where he played like a top 7 QB in this league

Stroud has also shown that his floor is just as low just about anyone out there. 

It would never, ever happen but I would still trade Bryce for him straight up if offered. you can win a Superbowl with rookie CJ stroud. I'm not sure Bryce will ever be that good unless we have the 2000s ravens team around him