At first, his screams were met with silence. Stunned silence, really.
This rookie was standing there, two weeks into his NFL career, moments after a humiliating loss at home, and he was calling out … the entire team?
“Where my leaders at?!?” C.J. Stroud shouted, grabbing the attention of everyone inside the home locker room at NRG Stadium. “I need some leaders! Right now! Where they at? Speak up!”
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The Texans were 0-2. They’d just been routed at home by the Colts. They hadn’t won more than four games in three years.