Texans New Regime Appears Equally Into The Olympic Spirit For Biggest Need Towards AFC Teams Ahead Of training Camp…

The Bears have become a rather Olympic-friendly organization in recent years. Although Marquise Goodwin did not make the U.S. long jump team three years ago, Bears coaches backed the London Olympian-turned-NFL wideout’s bid to land on the Tokyo squad. A new Bears regime appears equally into the Olympic spirit. Goodwin did not need to miss any training camp time, but one of the Bears’ new signees looks set to receive a few excused absences for Olympics purposes.

Jonathan Owens, a sixth-year safety best known as the husband of gymnastics icon Simone Biles, will be given some time to attend Paris to support his wife. Biles said (via USA Today’s Nancy Armour) the Bears intend to allow the veteran safety “a couple days off” during training camp to watch her compete. Biles, who regularly attended Texans and Packers games to support Owens, is due to compete in her third Games from July 28-August 1. Owens signed a two-year, $3.8MM deal with the Bears this offseason. Although the former Houston and Green Bay cog worked as a starter over the past two seasons, he looks set to operate as a backup behind Kevin Byard and Jaquan Brisker in his first Chicago season.

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C.J. Stroud tops Josh Allen as a more clutch quarterback

We adore C.J. Stroud. The youngster has proven himself to be a phenomenal quarterback in the NFL. Scores of awards, numerous examples of defying expectations, and helped turn around the Houston Texans in just one year. He’s truly remarkable. So much so that he’s currently in the top 10 quarterback discussions. Some have him as high as five.

Yet, some are greatly overvaluing him. To be clear, we don’t think it’s a bad thing to be high on Stroud, we do think some people are putting too much weight on his shoulders so soon. CBS Sport’s Douglas Clawson compiled his list of the 10 most clutch quarterbacks in the NFL according to a metric he created.

On this list, he had Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers at number 10, the Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson a nine, and the New York Giants’ Daniel Jones at eight. Seven saw Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals, while six and five had Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys and Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions respectively. Fourth was Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills, and Jalen Hurts was third, hailing from the Philadelphia Eagles.

Second, of course, was our very own Stroud while Patrick Mahomes represented the Kansas City Chiefs.

Now, Clawson makes some good points. He does, and we’re not denying that his argument has facts. Yet, the clutch is more than just a timely throw or two. It’s about being able to overcome the obstacles of an entire team with just a few, key plays. Mahomes is clutch like that. Tom Brady was clutch like that. Joe Montana was clutch like that.

We don’t know if Stroud is that type of clutch. He’s certainly not one who whilst when the heat is on, that’s for sure, but until he starts to develop a reputation as being a guy who comes through in big moments, we can’t put him as high as number two when he only has on season of work to judge him on. Even Cam Newton had a good season, but that doesn’t mean he was clutch.

Stroud has got to put in some more work and win some bigger awards before we have him over the likes of Burrow and Allen.