Bryce Young and C.J. Stroud hadn’t had a moment to reflect as they sat in the corner of a lavish downtown L.A. hotel minutes after chatting with Michael Vick and hours after a meet-and-greet lunch with Tom Brady, hip-hop artist Travis Scott and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin.
Stroud isn’t one to look back, and Young avoids looking ahead. They’re also uncomfortable discussing their Oct. 29 game between Stroud’s Texans and Young’s Panthers—potentially the first time the two quarterbacks will face each other since the eighth grade.
“We still don’t have starting positions yet,” Stroud told Sports Illustrated on Thursday. “There’s a lot of work to be done. A lot of camaraderie to get. That’s just way down the line. We’re locked in on OTAs next week.
