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The Texas Longhorns had a golden opportunity last season to win a national championship for the first time in two decades, but it all came crashing down in the College Football Playoff. A crushing loss to the eventual champion Ohio State Buckeyes saw the Longhorns' season end in painful fashion. Most blamed the loss on the continued poor play of quarterback Quinn Ewers.
Despite practically everyone begging head coach Steve Sarkisian to play Arch Manning instead of Ewers, Sark decided to roll with his veteran instead of the up-and-coming star. Ewers struggled for much of the semifinal, which ultimately led to his decision to leave for the NFL instead of staying at Texas or even transferring to another college. In Sarkisian's view, Ewers may not have been completely at fault for his struggles.
Steve Sarkisian believes Quinn Ewers could be better in NFL than at Texas
While speaking to Underdog about Ewers' NFL outlook, Sarkisian took a slight dig at Texas' ing weapons from Ewers' time there. In his mind, Ewers might be better at the next level due to the players around him playing "the same brand and same style of football".
I know what we asked of him protection-wise. I know what we asked of him from a progression standpoint and concepts and reading coverages and things of that nature. Some aspects, I think he almost translates better to that league when everybody around him is playing that same brand and same style of football. I'm not so concerned how high he goes, I'm more concerned about him going to the right place.
It sounds like Sarkisian doesn't think Ewers was surrounded by the right type of players while at Texas, which is interesting considering Sarkisian was the one who recruited those same players. He could also be talking about the offensive scheme, but he was the one drawing it up.
Many of Ewers' offensive teammates will be in the same draft as him, so Manning will practically have a new slate of weapons to play with. If Ewers wasn't the right fit for Sarkisian's Longhorns, the pressure is on the head coach to make sure Manning is.