C.J. Stroud completed 21-of-35 passes for 384 yards, five touchdowns and one interception in the Texans’ 44-22, Week 9 win over the Chargers, adding two rushes for 20 yards.

Stroud was nonchalantly excellent today, linking up with four different pass catchers for five touchdowns. He capped off the opening drive with a 17-yard, third-down touchdown strike to Xavier Hutchinson. Tank Dell hauled in Stroud’s second touchdown in stride, beating his coverage defender and racing into the end zone for a 63-yard score. Kayshoun Boutte bagged two, including one against Chargers CB Duke Shelley, who Stroud picked on for much of the Texans’ seventh drive. He hit Nico Collins for an improbable one-handed score, in which Collins briefly pinned the football against his coverage defender’s torso to secure the catch. Stroud’s lone mistake was an off-target interception that one Chargers defender tipped to another. Stroud should remain in fantasy football lineups as a QB1 next week against the Browns.