00:00 I want to pair CJ Stroud and Bryce Young together because the results were pretty similar, Nani.
00:09 One field goal drive for each.
00:12 The numbers are not eye-popping in the slightest.
00:16 Bryce Young in Carolinas 21-19, lost to the New York Giants.
00:20 Bryce Young goes three for six for 35 yards.
00:23 CJ Stroud in a rout at the hands of the Miami Dolphins 28-3.
00:27 Houston was at home, by the way.
00:29 Stroud went 7-12 for 60 yards.
00:32 Neither quarterback doing anything notable on the ground.
00:36 Of these two performances, which one stood out to you more?
00:40 Nothing really, to be honest with you.
00:41 It's just rookies going through that whole process of trying to be a professional quarterback.
00:45 And also, we have to remind ourselves, these are very vanilla game plans.
00:49 They're not scripting anything.
00:50 Do you think they want to say, "You know what?
00:52 We got exactly everything we need out of CJ Stroud.
00:54 Let's run the entire playbook through to show everybody where he can roll out to his left
00:57 and his right and he can do all these things."
00:59 They're not going to do that now.
01:00 We understand that.
01:01 But there are going to be...
01:02 What do we expect, though?
01:03 10 of 13, two touchdown passes.
01:04 No.
01:05 Oh, and now he's ready to play.
01:07 Not necessarily here.
01:08 These guys just need to take snaps and command a huddle while actually in uniform.
01:13 That's what helps.
01:14 That's why it's so bizarre that you take a look at Anthony Richardson.
01:16 We didn't go through this offseason and go, "You know what?
01:19 I think Richardson is the most sound quarterback right now.
01:22 He doesn't need to work," when Bryce Young and CJ Stroud absolutely do.
01:25 It's kind of opposite the direction that the Colts are taking.
01:28 But I didn't gain that much out of it.
01:29 You know betting on a rookie quarterback is a tough proposition already as is.
01:34 They're not the best of talent.
01:36 Why did they get drafted so high?
01:37 Well, obviously, you got to trade up for the Carolina Panthers, but the Houston Texans
01:40 were bad.
01:41 And that's why they're sitting in that spot where they're at.
01:43 The talent needs to mature over the season.
01:45 I didn't like what I saw, but I didn't dislike what I saw either.
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