Cooper Manning is preserving it actual relating to his expectations for son Arch at Texas subsequent season.
Arch Manning is anticipated to take over the beginning quarterback job for coach Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns subsequent season after two years of sitting behind Quinn Ewers, who declared for the 2025 NFL Draft.
Cooper, who didn’t rise to the NFL degree of his brothers Peyton and Eli on account of a spinal stenosis prognosis earlier than faculty, feels that sitting for a lot of the previous two seasons can be helpful for his son in the long term.
He additionally talked about being ready for the struggles and challenges which can be going to come back Arch’s means as he strikes to the beginning position throughout an look on “The Dan Patrick Show.”
“I think having your children struggle with some things is good. Yeah, it’s frustrating not to play. Did he love it? No. Was it probably good for him in the long run? Yes,” Cooper Manning mentioned. “You don’t want your kiddos to come home and be unhappy, but at the same time, sometimes going through a little hardship and some bumps in the road are good. Arch is going to have plenty more of those. These are the real ones, when you get beat this year and have bad games.”
Arch Manning did get some vital expertise final season as Texas went 13-3 earlier than shedding to eventual nationwide champion Ohio State within the School Soccer Playoff semifinals.
He performed in 10 video games, whereas profitable each his begins, and accomplished 61 of 90 passes for 939 yards, 9 touchdowns and two interceptions.
Cooper Manning is aware of the highlight and the expectations are solely going to ramp up this season.
“I mean, you know how they do it in the media, they crown you way too early and then they jump on and kill ya,” Cooper Manning mentioned. “So he’s getting way too much attention and way too much credit and he’s going to struggle, and they’re going to say ‘He’s not as good, he’s overrated!’ It’s coming, everybody knows it.”
Arch Manning, who lately signed a NIL take care of Purple Bull, has appeared to deal with all of it fairly properly to date, even admitting throughout an interview with ESPN final week that he’s obtained “undeserved attention” due to his final title.
“I don’t think I’ve done enough yet to be taking a lot of pictures at restaurants and signing autographs,” Arch Manning mentioned. “But maybe that will come eventually.”
