Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud Gets Apology for Bad Grade on S2 Cognitive Test

Houston Texans Rookie QB C.J. Stroud Gets Apology for Bad Grade on S2 Cognitive Test

Let's begin by agreeing on this: When it comes to the NFL Draft and the evaluation of players, all information is worth collecting. Height, weight, speed, hand size, education ...

And yes, even the controversial S2 Cognition test, on which Houston Texans rookie QB C.J. Stroud received a poor grade.

But just because it's worth gathering the info doesn't make the info accurate. And now, the creators of the S2 Cognitive Test are conceding that they may have screwed up on Stroud's evaluation.

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As the No. 2 overall pick preps for today's second round of the NFL playoffs with the upstart Texans at the Baltimore Ravens, and with Stroud clearly on track to be the Rookie of the Year, maybe an MVP vote-getter and a franchise quarterback, the Wall Street Journal is telling us about the possible goof.

The creators of the S2 Cognition test told the Wall Street Journal that Stroud's results 1) should've never leaked to the public, and 2) that his score was flagged as "potentially invalid and an unreliable result."

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That's a damn shame, of course, because a "potentially invalid'' result might've cost the player his draft slot and millions of dollars. Indeed, while it didn't impact Stroud that way - he long ago laughed off the result, saying, "I'm not a test-taker; I play football'' - how much do you want to bet that other prospects have been victimized by "an unreliable result''?

Bottom line: The best way to judge a football player, even once a mountain of other info is gathered, is by how he plays football.