Marcus Stroud

Retired

Buffalo Bills · DE

Marcus Stroud recorded 141 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 10 rostered seasons with Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tennessee Titans, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs.

Best highlights

2.4

tackles/gm

playoff games

indexed seasons

141

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Marcus Stroud's most significant indexed performances.

Kansas City Chiefs vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Oct 17, 2004

6 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Nov 30, 2003

2 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Houston Texans

Regular Season · Nov 17, 2002

3 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Jacksonville Jaguars vs New York Giants

Regular Season · Nov 3, 2002

3 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Jacksonville Jaguars vs New England Patriots

Wild Card · Jan 7, 2006

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Marcus Stroud's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 7 total tackles

Tennessee Titans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Sep 9, 2007

7 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 sacks

Kansas City Chiefs vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Oct 17, 2004

6 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 3 tackles for loss

Houston Texans vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Regular Season · Oct 27, 2002

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 quarterback hits

Houston Texans vs Buffalo Bills

Regular Season · Nov 1, 2009

3 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 forced fumbles

Jacksonville Jaguars vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Oct 20, 2002

3 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Marcus Stroud's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1992–2002

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Corey Dillon

Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Franchise era

1992–2007

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Brett Favre

Reggie White

Joyful improvisation returns Green Bay to the summit

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Ron Wolf acquired Favre and White, restoring national relevance and winning Super Bowl XXXI under Mike Holmgren.

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Franchise era

1992–2006

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Jerome Bettis

Hines Ward

Blitzburgh reaches two Super Bowls

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Bill Cowher restored annual contention, and a second-year Ben Roethlisberger helped Bettis finish his career with the Super Bowl XL championship.

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Franchise era

1997–2016

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Eric Moulds

Fred Jackson

Great defenses and near misses without January

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Buffalo cycled through coaches and quarterbacks while devoted fans waited through the league's longest active playoff drought.

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Franchise era

1997–2004

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Steve McNair

Eddie George

The Music City Miracle launches a Super Bowl run

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

After two temporary seasons, Tennessee found its name and stadium, then came one yard short of overtime in Super Bowl XXXIV.

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Franchise era

1999–2017

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Joe Thomas

Josh Cribbs

An expansion-style rebirth becomes a long rebuild

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

The restored franchise returned in 1999 but cycled through leadership and quarterbacks, with Thomas providing Hall of Fame stability amid the turnover.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

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Tony Gonzalez

Priest Holmes

Priest Holmes and an elite line light up Sundays

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Kansas City built record-setting offenses but remained unable to win a playoff game, then bottomed out before a transformative coaching hire.

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Franchise era

2000–2006

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Ray Lewis

Ed Reed

A historic unit sets the franchise standard

Baltimore Ravens · Defense wins the first title

The 2000 defense overwhelmed the postseason and won Super Bowl XXXV; Reed and Jamal Lewis then helped Baltimore remain a yearly threat.

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Franchise era

2000–2010

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Fred Taylor

Jimmy Smith

A physical offense keeps Jacksonville dangerous

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Explosive backs and a powerful defense produced several strong teams, including the 2007 group that won a playoff game in Pittsburgh.

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Franchise era

1993–2011

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Champ Bailey

Stephen Davis

Frequent resets obscure isolated playoff teams

Washington Commanders · Instability after Gibbs

Ownership and coaching turnover prevented a stable successor, even as several veteran teams produced brief postseason runs.

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Franchise era

1997–2006

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Curtis Martin

Vinny Testaverde

From one win to the AFC title game

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Parcells rebuilt the franchise immediately, Martin became its model of consistency and Pennington later delivered another division title.

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Franchise era

1998–2011

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Peyton Manning

Marvin Harrison

Pre-snap command creates a perennial contender

Indianapolis Colts · The Peyton Manning machine

Manning and a precisely constructed offense won at least twelve games seven straight times and captured Super Bowl XLI after a defining comeback against New England.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

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Donovan McNabb

Brian Dawkins

Five NFC title games make contention routine

Philadelphia Eagles · Reid and McNabb

Andy Reid and McNabb created the franchise's most sustained run of success and reached Super Bowl XXXIX after four straight NFC title-game appearances.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

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Andre Johnson

DeMeco Ryans

A dramatic debut gives way to patient construction

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Houston beat Dallas in its first game, then developed foundational stars while waiting nearly a decade for its first winning season.

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Career highs

Franchise eras

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Baltimore Ravens · Defense wins the first title

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Washington Commanders · Instability after Gibbs

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Indianapolis Colts · The Peyton Manning machine

Philadelphia Eagles · Reid and McNabb

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

NFL appearances

Marcus Stroud

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Career highs

Franchise eras

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Green Bay Packers · The Favre revival

Pittsburgh Steelers · The Cowher teams

Buffalo Bills · The seventeen-year drought

Tennessee Titans · The Titans arrive

Cleveland Browns · The Browns return

Kansas City Chiefs · Great offenses, painful Januarys

Baltimore Ravens · Defense wins the first title

Jacksonville Jaguars · Taylor, Smith and MJD

Washington Commanders · Instability after Gibbs

New York Jets · Parcells changes the standard

Indianapolis Colts · The Peyton Manning machine

Philadelphia Eagles · Reid and McNabb

Houston Texans · Building the Texans

Career accomplishments

Team history

NFL appearances

Career accomplishments

Team history