Joel Klatt: Diagnosing What's Really Wrong With Texas' Arch Manning, And Can He Fix It?

[Blake Munroe]

There is something clearly off with Arch Manning.

The Texas quarterback has yet to live up to the hype so far this season. He has completed just 55.3% of his passes for 579 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions to go with 112 rushing yards and three rushing scores through three starts. However, when you watch Manning play, he’s played pretty poorly and nothing has looked solid. 

Manning’s issues are very different from the issues Clemson’s Cade Klubnik and South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers are dealing with because they aren’t holistic. That Texas offense has quality wide receivers and running backs with a good offensive line. 

Has that group played its best football around Manning? Probably not. Still, this is an Arch-specific issue with Texas’ offense. Manning threw 10 straight incompletions against UTEP. His completion percentage is the second-worst in the SEC. But when you account for throws that actually go past the line of scrimmage, he’s completing just 46% of his passes.

So, I went back and watched every throw Manning made against UTEP to try and diagnose the problem. Just to preface this, when I watch a young quarterback, there are a few things I look for. One of them is to see if the speed of the game is impacting his play. That looks to be the case for Manning. Even with the games he started last year, it didn’t really translate to him being comfortable.

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https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/diagnosing-whats-really-wrong-texas-arch-manning-can-he-fix-it

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Can’t wait to see arch in november and december because that’s when i think he’ll start rounding into the high expectations form way to many had for him.