CJ Stroud's uncontrollable crying.....

[pigpen65]

Definitely seemed weird but who knows

[WotAGuy]

3 hours ago, Special K said:

…..fast forward to the 4th quarter, where the Magic pulled it together, and showed real grit and character and outscored the Heat 37-8 for the greatest comeback in Magic history.

This blew up my parlay and had me crying like a Stroud last night. 

[WotAGuy]

 

[The Helmet of]

5 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

What about lassie 

Lassie dies? I’m not deep into Lassie lore…

 

Edited 8 hours ago by The Helmet of

[Shortchaz]

As a person who has a passionate personality type, I’m familiar with the stigma that comes with crying in public. That stigma doesn’t help me cry less, it just adds to the awkwardness I feel when I do cry. 
 

I know people who get nauseous when they feel pain and I think that’s odd. It’s almost like people are different and process stress differently. 

 

If we lived in a world where it was acceptable to incur violence on those who caused grief perhaps I’d cry less. Instead I get to listen to 5’8 160 pound men who work in the service industry questioning the masculinity of 6’3 220 pound professional football players. 
 

 

[Simon]

2 minutes ago, Shortchaz said:

Instead I get to listen to 5’8 160 pound men who work in the service industry questioning the masculinity of 6’3 220 pound professional football players. 
 

 

I don't recall seeing anything about anybody's masculinity in the original post.

He questioned the guy's maturity and leadership, not his masculinity.

[Matt_In_NH]

I was uncontrollably crying watching him throw INT's and run out of bounds for a 5 yard sack.

[Beast]

He reminded me of the guy in the Longest Yard that was taking estrogen.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Beast

[UKBillFan]

1 hour ago, Your Brown Eye said:

I can guarantee you that if it was Josh Allen crying on National TV over an injury to one of his teammates, the narrative of this thread would be a complete 180. This thread would be filled with people saying how brave and passionate he is and what a leader of men he's become and not one person would be calling him soft or a b****

 

Really? Josh can't make an off throw without being criticised (in the heat of the moment, I'm as guilty as anyone of that). Him being in tears and having to be comforted by more than one team mate would be called out by many. Especially as he's older than Stroud and the 'Superman' persona which people have built up around him.

[WotAGuy]

27 minutes ago, The Helmet of said:

Lassie dies? I’m not deep into Lassie lore…

 

Yes Lassie died trying to help Timmy, who fell into a well and drowned. Every week was an uplifting story like that. 

[HOUSE]

I cry every time I visit the concession stand. The people there have no mercy. 

[frostbitmic]

It's an emotional game and Stroud throws a TD to his best friend only to watch him suffer a gruesome injury that may end his career, I'm not going to rag on him for that.

 

The rest of the team may not have cried but they had let it ruin the rest of their games. The Kicker proceeds to miss the XP and nobody on the team stepped up from that point on. I'm fairly certain that if the Bills vs Bengals game continued after what happened to Hamlin you would've seen a team done for the day and the rout would've been on.

[peterpan]

I thought it was really weird too.  If it has a Hamlin or Everett situation it makes sense, but for a knee? It was weird and soft.  He must have felt responsible for some reason 

[thenorthremembers]

People forget how young these guys are.  Stroud is a 23 year old kid.  Not going to give a kid a lot of hell for crying.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

When Damar was getting chest compressions I was on the phone with my brother.  The broadcast had cut to commercial and when they came back they showed a ***** of Josh’s face.  Just from seeing Josh’s natural human reaction to what he was seeing I said to my brother “I think he is dead”.  If Stroud lost the respect of his teammates then Josh probably should’ve too.

 

Of course Damar was dying and Dell wasn’t, but Stroud and Dell are best friends and that injury was disturbing to see.  Add that Stroud knew he’d never get to play ball with his friend again because that friend’s career if possibly (likely?) over and he would have to be an automaton to not have some sort of visible reaction.

 

[stevewin]

This topic has the potential to be almost as divisive as whether our WR room got quietly better

[BuffaloBillyG]

7 hours ago, Special K said:

I understand guys should be upset when one of their teammates goes down with such a gruesome injury, but Stroud's over the top antics seemed quite juvenile and unbecoming of a Captain of the Offense and a supposed leader of the team.

 

I counted at least 5 different teammates that had to come over and comfort him, trying to tell him to get it together with no success. he was crying so much, you would think he was actually the one injured......way to take the focus away from your injured teammate.

 

Anyone with any sense should have realized the cameras were going to be on you in that moment, and you need to keep it together and act like a leader....not to mention the fact that he played pretty poorly after the Dell injury.

 

I know a lot of Bills players had tears in their eyes during the Hamlin incident, but that was a completely different situation IMO.....they thought he died on the field.

 

I just thought it was a bad look and a little immature for the face of their franchise to carry on in that way.

 

Flame away!!!!!

You know, it's takes like this that normalize the idea that men aren't allowed to show emotions or have feelings. Just push the emotion down, "rub some dirt on it, man up and soldier on". Then that same brush will paint men as being cold and uncaring. 

 

We tend to forget that these are still by and large very young men that play this game. And these young men have a life and things that happen away from the game that may influence them. Seeing his best buddy have such a gruesome injury right in front of him and knowing how hard Dell worked to get back to football after last year has to feel devastating. Let the man feel his emotions. 

 

I get it, these are supposed to be modern day gladiators. Often athletes get dehumanized, almost like they are just AI generated characters that exist solely for football and our entertainment. Especially in football where players faces are covered by a face mask. 

 

Maybe it's the holiday season tugging at this old guy's heart, but can we allow people to process their own emotions, thoughts and feelings in their own way without trying to persecute them?

[klos63]

7 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:

Frankly... I don't like Stroud. I think he's an entitled little B word .

 

Not much more for me to say here... I don't really disagree with you 

People love to use the word entitled,  like it makes them seem intelligent when they're not. 

What makes him entitled? You don't think he earned his position in life? I'm guessing that he worked pretty hard his entire like to get to be in this position. 

And he's a B word too? I musta missed something. 

[Royale with Cheese]

I do cry a little when I see those videos of soldiers returning home to surprise their families…especially young kids.

[klos63]

1 hour ago, Simon said:

 

I don't recall seeing anything about anybody's masculinity in the original post.

He questioned the guy's maturity and leadership, not his masculinity.

One poster called him a little B .