Prior to the Houston Texans’ week 11 win against the Arizona Cardinals, star rookie quarterback went through an interesting warmup routine that included some peculiar equipment including a basketball and a well-known golf accessory.

CJ Stroud’s pregame routine is interesting pic.twitter.com/RNpAHZMV2U

— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) November 19, 2023

As you can see from the video, Stroud uses the Orange Whip Trainer, a swing aid accessory used by plenty of PGA Tour pros to help them train their swing “to stay on plane, balanced, and in rhythm.”

A user called “Hsg087” on X commented:

“Drive, touch, hand eye coordination are being practiced in these warm ups. Makes a lot of sense to [to be honest].”

The routine is seemingly working for Stroud, who is the odds-on favorite to be the NFL’s Rookie of the Year and had led the Texans to a 5-5 record through ten games this season after the team went 3-13-1 in 2022-2023.

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With the LIV Golf offseason underway, we’ve begun to see players sign contract extensions with their current teams. At first glance, it appears that many teams will look a bit different next year while a few will stay the same.

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One team that appears to be changing is Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs GC. Carlos Ortiz, who finished 15th in the LIV Golf standings, has declined his contract extension this week, which means he will be joining another team this offseason.

It’s been widely speculated that Ortiz will join Joaquin Niemann’s Torque GC, who is moving on from David Puig. It’s highly likely that Puig will join fellow Spaniards Sergio Garcia and Eugenio Chacarra on Fireballs GC. Both Puig and Chacarra are rising stars who were top-10 players in the WAGR before joining LIV. Both have since won on the Asian Tour and Chacarra has also won LIV Golf Bangkok.

The LIV Golf landscape will continue to change this offseason with players like Matthew Wolff expected to be traded as well as the additions of Asian Tour International Series Order of Merit winner Andy Ogletree as well as three qualifiers still to be promoted after the December 8th-10th qualifying event at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.

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According to golf coach Pete Cowen, Brooks Koepka still blames him for not winning the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach.

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In an interview with Essentially Sports, Cowen reflected upon winning that 2019 U.S. Open with his client Gary Woodland, as his former (and now current) pupil, Brooks Koepka was in search of his third consecutive U.S. Open victory.

“Brooks always says to me, you cost me [my third US Open title].”

The British coach shared that to this day, Koepka still says to him “I would have won three tournaments in a row. That would have been unique.”

“So, he blames me for helping Gary.”

Koepka finished second in the tournament to Woodland, which is quite the effort for a player seeking three consecutive wins at the toughest test in golf.

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