C.J. Stroud shares words of wisdom for Drake Maye after Pats-Texans originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO — C.J. Stroud had something to say.
He was in the same situation he’d been in a month ago after having beaten rookie first-round quarterback Caleb Williams and the Bears. That postgame interaction, where Stroud tried to share some words of advice for a player one year behind him in his professional development, wasn’t all that well received.
But that didn’t stop Stroud from pulling Drake Maye aside on Sunday. Twice.
The pair did the typical for-the-cameras handshake immediately after the Texans’ 41-21 win over the Patriots. Then after the crowd had moved on, their shots in the can, Stroud doubled back to say something more to Maye.
“Yeah, I gave him a little word, you know, tried to give him a little word of encouragement,” Stroud said. “I thought he played really solid, you know. Definitely feel like he’ll get better and better as he keeps going.”
Maye finished the game completing 20 of his 33 attempts for 243 yards and three touchdowns. He also threw two picks, and he lost a fumble on a strip sack. But despite New England’s 20-point loss, there was optimism in the Patriots locker room as it related to Maye’s performance.
Stroud was encouraged by it, too. Though, to be fair, he was a fan of Maye’s even before he was drafted. His advice for the No. 3 overall pick in this year’s draft, therefore, was straightforward.
“Just be yourself, you know,” Stroud said. “Everything that got you here will take care of where you want to go, and really just trust yourself. Trust that you’ll eventually figure it out.
“You’ll have bad days. You’ll have good days. There’s days where you’ll look at yourself like, man, I’m the worst quarterback in the world, but it’s always about getting up the next day and keep going. So I would just tell him that and I told him how much I believed in him and I hope to see him do well in this league.”
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Publish date : 2024-10-14 12:59:28
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