Texans not worried about Stroud's sore shoulder

HOUSTON -- Texans manager DeMeco Ryans said Tuesday helium has "no concerns" astir backmost C.J. Stroud's constricted throwing during outpouring practices owed to "general soreness" successful his shoulder.

The Texans opened OTAs connected May 28th and Stroud hasn't thrown passes during immoderate of the media's watching periods. The astir Stroud has done with the starting discourtesy is execute handoffs to moving backs during 11-on-11 walk-throughs.

But Ryans isn't disquieted astir the progression of his quarterback.

"There's nary concerns with C.J.," Ryans said pursuing the Texans' 5th OTA practice. "It's conscionable wide soreness. We are taking other precaution with him. He'll beryllium bully to go. No concerns connected my end."

When Ryans was asked if Stroud would propulsion during the Texans' mandatory minicamp adjacent week, helium didn't supply clarity and declined to reply if his Pro Bowl backmost had immoderate offseason attraction done connected his throwing shoulder.

"When he's acceptable to go, he'll beryllium acceptable to go," Ryans said.

Stroud is coming disconnected a play wherever helium took a beating successful the pouch arsenic helium was sacked 52 times, 2nd astir successful the NFL, and was pressured connected 38.6% of his dropbacks (second most), according to Next Gen Stats.

The Kansas City Chiefs pummeled Stroud successful the Texans' playoff loss. He was sacked 8 times and pressured connected 56% of his dropbacks -- the 2nd highest successful an NFL playoff crippled since ESPN began tracking unit rates successful 2009, trailing lone erstwhile Denver Broncos backmost Tim Tebow (63%) successful 2011.

To hole that occupation the Texans overhauled the walk protection. Houston traded Pro Bowl near tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Washington Commanders for draught picks. Left defender Kenyon Green was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for information C.J. Gardner-Johnson portion close defender Shaq Mason was released.

To regenerate that trio which accounted for 41 starts successful 2024, Houston signed near tackle Cam Robinson, plaything tackle Trent Brown and near defender Laken Tomlinson, portion trading for erstwhile Minnesota Vikings close defender Ed Ingram. Houston besides traded up successful the draught to prime Minnesota near tackle Aireontae Ersery with the No. 48 wide prime to articulation a tackle country featuring Tytus Howard, Blake Fisher and Robinson.

Ryans besides made coaching changes to amended extortion astir Stroud. He fired violative enactment manager Chris Strausser and violative coordinator Bobby Slowik. He replaced Strausser with Texans adjunct violative enactment manager Cole Popovich and hired erstwhile Los Angeles Rams choky extremity and walk crippled coordinator Nick Calley to regenerate Slowik.

The anticipation is with these moves that Stroud volition beryllium amended protected truthful the Texans tin get implicit the hump and get past the divisional round, thing the franchise has ne'er done.