Key Highlights
- Stroud are the same age.
- They've seen their careers go in vastly different directions over the past year or so, with the Bears QB becoming the talk of the league under Ben Johnson.
- Stroud, meanwhile, has struggled mightily for the Texans, failing to capture the form that propelled him to Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe two have been linked with one another ever since their teams met during Williams' rookie season in 2024.
- At that point, Chicago's QB was an erratic rookie known to absorb too much punishment in the pocket.
- Stroud, meanwhile was coming off of a dazzling rookie season and figured to bump shoulders with the league's finest passers in due time. A postgame meet-up between Williams and Stroud captured social media's ire in 2024.
