Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera
Oct 5, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
Texans fall to the Cowboys 34-30 despite CJ Stroud throwing for 347 yards and two touchdowns. The offense finally showed some life, Nico Collins was back making plays, but the defense once again…
Daniel GoteraHost
Now we have to talk about another game where the Texans fell flat on their face.
What was the conversation heading into this season? It was whether or not CJ Stroud can get this team to the promised land.
Was he the quarterback to get them to a Super Bowl? He didn't sign the big contract.
CJ Stroud... has been just a lightning rod of criticism from many people, not just in Houston, but across the country, national media all over him.
This Texans team is not 0-4 because of C.J. Stroud, okay? He has left the field three times late in the game with the lead.
He has handed the game to the defense, the supposed excellent defense of the Texans.
And what has the defense done those three times? Has immediately given the game away.
21 of 31, 347 yards, two touchdowns, a passer rating of 126 against the Cowboys.
I appreciate CJ trying to... own it after the game, trying to take some accountability after the game.
Now we have to talk about another game where the Texans fell flat on their face.
What was the conversation heading into this season? It was whether or not CJ Stroud can get this team to the promised land.
Was he the quarterback to get them to a Super Bowl? He didn't sign the big contract.
CJ Stroud... has been just a lightning rod of criticism from many people, not just in Houston, but across the country, national media all over him.
This Texans team is not 0-4 because of C.J. Stroud, okay? He has left the field three times late in the game with the lead.
He has handed the game to the defense, the supposed excellent defense of the Texans.
And what has the defense done those three times? Has immediately given the game away.
21 of 31, 347 yards, two touchdowns, a passer rating of 126 against the Cowboys.
I appreciate CJ trying to... own it after the game, trying to take some accountability after the game.
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