C.J. Stroud insists he wasn’t making an attempt to point out up Caleb Williams throughout their postgame interplay following the Texans‘ win on Sunday.
In a clip shared by NFL Movies on Tuesday, Stroud was heard giving Williams phrases of encouragement and recommendation. He then appeared to seize Williams to re-engage within the dialog because the Bears‘ rookie quarterback was about to stroll off the sphere.
Stroud defined that what he did was much like what veteran gamers did for him final yr.
“I used to be not making an attempt to little bro him or something,” Stroud advised reporters. “He is aware of that, too. I’ve a ton of respect for him. I had so many guys coming to me after video games final yr and that meant the world to me that these guys even considered giving me recommendation.
“So, I simply attempt to give again to what the sport is giving me. I want him one of the best, man. I need him to do superb on this league. I feel he’ll.”
Within the video, Stroud explicitly advised Williams to “cease taking these hits” and to “study from these errors.” He ended the dialog by assuring Williams he’d be a great quarterback within the league.
“Every thing that you simply acquired, bro, is in you already, bro,” Stroud advised Williams. “You are going to be a hell of a participant on this league.”
Williams, who was sacked seven instances and threw two interceptions in Sunday’s recreation, wasn’t as partaking, maintaining his replies to Stroud to only a few phrases.
“I recognize it,” Williams stated on the finish of his dialog with Stroud.
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There was some debate over whether or not Williams was upset with how Stroud, who received Offensive Rookie of the 12 months final season, spoke to him. “First Issues First’s” Nick Wright believes that was the case.
“I feel Caleb dealt with it in addition to you could possibly have given the very fact he needed to be completely livid,” Wright stated. “They’re contemporaries. That isn’t a giant bro, little bro scenario. Are you aware how previous Caleb Williams is? He is [22] and he turns [23 in November]. Are you aware how previous C.J. Stroud is? He is [22] and he turns [23 in October].
“Are you aware how Caleb seems at C.J., I might think about? He remembers this evening [in 2022], after they have been colleagues on the dais on the Heisman Trophy ceremony, and Caleb received the award.”
Williams did not communicate a lot in regards to the interplay he had with Stroud following Sunday’s recreation.
“We shook fingers on the finish of the sport,” Williams advised reporters postgame on Sunday. “That was about it.”
Stroud did not assume Williams’ response to his interplay was adverse.
“I do not assume he was making an attempt to be any kind of manner [toward me]. He was simply upset that they misplaced,” Stroud stated. “I completely perceive. So I’ve a ton of respect for that man, man.”
Stroud’s second with Williams wasn’t his solely mic’d up sound that went viral from Sunday’s recreation. He advised Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson to “cease telling your secrets and techniques on Richard Sherman’s podcast.”
“That palms look,” Stroud stated when Johnson requested him to make clear. “You ain’t getting me. You ain’t getting me!”
In an look on Sherman’s podcast, Johnson defined that he acquired an interception in a recreation towards the Minnesota Vikings final season through the use of the palms look to deceive quarterback Joshua Dobbs. Johnson appeared to smirk when Stroud reminded him about that.
Although the Texans solely put up 19 factors on Sunday, Stroud did not appear to be fooled by the Bears’ protection. He accomplished 23 of 36 passes for 260 yards within the win.
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