Tom Brady reacts to Arch Manning’s performance, shares advice for Texas QB
By Andrew Olson
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Tom Brady joined football fans everywhere in checking out Texas vs. Ohio State, Arch Manning’s first outing as the Longhorns’ QB1. The NFL legend hopes Manning can learn from the experience.
Brady appeared on the Pro Football Focus podcast on Sunday. He shared his reaction to Manning’s performance and offered advice for how the Texas QB should move forward after a rough Week 1.
“I think there’s a blessing and a curse in some of it,” Brady said on the podcast. “The curse is a lot of people pile on. The blessing is that there needs to be resilience built up in the quarterback as well. So even though he didn’t have his best game today, and they lost, if he uses this to his advantage, Arch, he’s going to be tougher for it. And he’s going to have a better next game because of it.”
The next game for Manning and the Longhorns is Texas’s home-opener against San Jose State. The Longhorns do not play another Power 4 opponent until the Oct. 4 trip to Florida, facing UTEP on Sept. 13 and Sam Houston on Sept. 20 before a bye week.
We’ll see if the nonconference slate allows Manning to sort some things out before Texas begins SEC play in October.
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