Stroud rushed over to Dell’s side to comfort his friend after he sustained a dislocated knee that was jutting out at a strange, painful angle, along with torn anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments, ending his season. Before Dell was transported in an ambulance to the University of Kansas Medical Center trauma unit, Stroud kneeled over his friend. It was an emotional scene as a watery-eyed Stroud cried openly with tears steadily crossing his face down his cheeks and falling off of him. Stroud prayed, and the Texans quarterback fully embraced his emotions even though he was taught by his parents to be stoic and keep his emotions inside as a child.
In the most sensitive of moments, on the high-profile stage of the NFL, Stroud was his authentic self. He was truly vulnerable, and brave and compassionate.
When Stroud was getting a haircut in the days after the brutal injury sustained by Dell, whom he calls his brother, he had a deep conversation about his feelings and showing them to the world.
“I wouldn’t say I was second-guessing it, but it was just not easy for me to sit there and be emotional,” Stroud said. “But it’s something that we all go through in life and it’s easy to be a fake tough guy. It’s easy to go through life acting like everything doesn’t affect you. But, deep down, we all know we’re going through something and, for me, I think it’s good for young men and women out there, kids who are brought up and taught. I was taught this, too, as a kid, not from my parents, but just from the world of, ‘Don’t let anybody see you emotional. Don’t let anybody see you down
In the most sensitive of moments, on the high-profile stage of the NFL, Stroud was his authentic self. He was truly vulnerable, and brave and compassionate.
When Stroud was getting a haircut in the days after the brutal injury sustained by Dell, whom he calls his brother, he had a deep conversation about his feelings and showing them to the world.
“I wouldn’t say I was second-guessing it, but it was just not easy for me to sit there and be emotional,” Stroud said. “But it’s something that we all go through in life and it’s easy to be a fake tough guy. It’s easy to go through life acting like everything doesn’t affect you. But, deep down, we all know we’re going through something and, for me, I think it’s good for young men and women out there, kids who are brought up and taught. I was taught this, too, as a kid, not from my parents, but just from the world of, ‘Don’t let anybody see you emotional. Don’t let anybody see you down