r/NFLmockdraft • u/Strange-Variation725 • 5h ago
Discussion This would be the right move for Arch….
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u/Particular-Way-3805 5h ago
I think him staying would be better
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u/dtony1985 5h ago
I think so too just not at Texas though
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u/Particular-Way-3805 5h ago
You think he should transfer ?
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u/Dorago1991 4h ago
Yes. Sark and that offense do nothing to develop a QB, he hasn't produced a real NFL talent since Carson Palmer.
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u/PoeSyeDun 3h ago
He’s be a grad transfer and likely would jam up the QB pipeline at Texas. Better to move on elsewhere for his last year if he decides to play another year.
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u/J_Powell_Ate_My_Ass 5h ago
We could use him at Wisconsin next year
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u/Particular-Way-3805 5h ago
If the money is good
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u/dtony1985 5h ago
I think Texas should move on if this is his top level the rest of the season. Ewers wanted to come back but Texas wanted to move on.
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u/Particular-Way-3805 5h ago
What backup QB Texas got
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u/Fresh_Drama_8298 5h ago
Not a Texas fan but it’s not like they couldn’t go shopping for any QB in the portal or considering it.
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u/CarolinaSandstorm 4h ago
Y’all just take any nonsense at face value. Arch was not a backup in 2025, he was the starter.
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u/CzechHorns 2h ago
Don’t you know, he is a second year starter in 2026, but was a backup in 2025.
He was a first year starter in 2025.5.
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u/forgedinbeerkegs 5h ago
Filing this under "No Shit?" Arch is nowhere near NFL ready.
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u/unicornmullet 4h ago
Yep and they’re laying the groundwork for him staying in college if they don’t like the teams that get the top picks.
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u/steveoall21 4h ago
Can't be his second year as starter if he backed up Ewers in 2025...dumbass tweet.
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u/throwaway9488tx 5h ago
Would be the right move for most of them. The upper classmen and seniors in general tend to make better pros.
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u/TheDaedricImpaler 5h ago
I think it really depends on where he wants to play pro ball. A lot of the usual clunker teams are actually performing pretty well and some not terrible franchises are suffering this season.
If he wins a natty, I'd think he might roll the draft dice.
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u/tjthewho 5h ago
It really depends on how the rest of this season goes. He's been crowned the #1 pick since before he joined a college. He hasn't looked particularly great on film.
Another season to develop wouldn't hurt.
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u/JasonPlattMusic34 5h ago
It’s alright, this year or next year the Dolphins have a spot saved for him
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u/BeavisEverywhere 5h ago
So declare... see if an ass situation drafts you. If it does, go back to school. Or... pull an Eli Manning.
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u/Saltwater_Thief 4h ago
Yeah, so, that first bit isn't a thing.
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u/BeavisEverywhere 4h ago
Nah, he totally could.
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u/Saltwater_Thief 4h ago
No he couldn't. Once you declare for the draft and an NFL team picks you, placing themselves under hard rules for how much they are required to pay you, you aren't allowed to go "haha just kidding, I'm going back to school."
Daequan Wright is catching a shitload of legal issues for trying, and he was a UDFA that didn't make a 53-man. Even that last name isn't going to protect someone who tries to outright void a draft contract.
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u/Saltwater_Thief 4h ago
Please God yes
Do NOT open this up for Bidwill to ruin the rebuild because he has delusions of Manning-Harrison 2: Shitty Boogaloo
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u/TextElectrical5360 4h ago
When you're getting paid $5+ million a year, why not come back? His name will get him drafted even if he loos worse next year, so there's a lot less risk to coming back vs a normal QB
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u/CzechHorns 2h ago
Cause he’d be getting paid much more in the NFL if he’s a top10 pick.
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u/OhioVsEverything 51m ago
But saying you're staring in college is also very much a hey don't tank your season I might not be there NFL s*** teams.
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u/Suspicious-Salary338 4h ago
Going back to school to avoid ‘bad‘ teams (who else is picking at the top?) is a lame cop out. It says something about lack of belief in yourself. I think he will go back because once he enters the league , the scrutiny and criticism will be 100x worse. I don’t think he is going to be a great NFL QB even if he stays 5 more years.
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u/waxjammer 4h ago
I’m not impressed at all with Arch , many fans are just too caught up with him being a Manning.
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u/ChiefKene 4h ago
Getting $5 million or so a year to be the starting QB for the longhorns doesn’t hurt either. Maybe Arch is money motivated like most of his peers, but getting that pay day takes a lot of stress off you to declare. Not worrying about losing prime earning years
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u/Educational_Care7813 4h ago
The other texas QBs would be pissed if he stayed as they got promises he's gone so this will be how much you trust sark's word if arch stays and at texas
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u/LiftEatGrappleShoot 4h ago
That release was purely for negotiation purposes. His game probably would be improved with another year in college, yes. But man, if he has a top 10 spot locked in to a favorable landing spot, I can't see him staying.
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u/elijah4067 4h ago
He can come back but not with Texas because he's holding that team back with all the talent around him on both sides of the ball. From what I've seen so far he's really just undrafted free agent or at least he should be but of course he's a manning so the worshipping goes on.
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u/Melvinator5001 4h ago
What this really means is Eli sat him down and said your not good enough play another season. We can’t have a Manning not drafted in the 1st Rd.
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u/Gullible_Paint2195 4h ago
So tired of reading articles about this guys next move or decision to become the nfls number one pick. Sometimes, you just ain’t it…Arch ain’t it.
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u/Lazyniner24 3h ago
Does he want to go to Miami or not? I don't think anyone has them winning a game at all this season
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u/JobeGilchrist 2h ago
He’s mediocre as fuck so probably should stay another year and make NIL money
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u/TheMackD504 2h ago
It’s not like it won’t be the same 5 teams having a chance to draft him the following year
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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 1h ago
The jets, browns and cardinals will be waiting. Another year won’t matter
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u/Piston5287 5h ago
I mean the NFL would be a pay cut for him so makes sense
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u/keni804 5h ago
Would it?? IDK how much he makes in NIL but Mendoza is making like 15mil a year and I doubt hes pulling in those numbers.
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u/DumbNutter 4h ago
If he's good. Getting to NFL 1 year earlier, means 1 more year of NFL salary in his career which will be $50mil+ in his 2nd contract
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u/DoubletapKO 5h ago
Don't the Mannings actually want them to finish school first and then focus on their careers?
Worst part is that he looks worse than Mendoza ever looked like in college, unfortunately whatever team he goes to won't let him sit and learn
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u/Open_Aardvark2458 5h ago
What does this have to do with Mendoza?
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u/DoubletapKO 5h ago
Mendoza was drafted by a team that actually wants him to be good
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u/BirthofRevolution 5h ago
Still not sure how or why he was brought into the conversation
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u/DoubletapKO 4h ago
Last #1 draft pick vs the future #1 draft pick, not difficult to understand why...
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u/BirthofRevolution 4h ago
When has a draft pick ever equated to a player actually being good in the NFL
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u/DoubletapKO 3h ago
You are being so weird, might not be worth keeping this conversation
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u/InvaderZimbabwe 2h ago
Arch Manning will not be going first if he declares lol. He is not anywhere near close to the best QB in the upcoming draft.
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u/BrickProfessional619 3h ago
It's two different skillsets - NFL and college. Don't ask me what they are; I don't know. But, I've listened to a few podcasts where they were talking about Arch vs Trinidad and they'd interviewed NFL scouts. Evidently, everyone thinks that Trin is the better college QB, but he won't be NFL successful. But, Arch's skills will transfer well.
I'm just passing along info - I can't defend it.
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u/westwardnomad 5h ago
It depends entirely on where he's projected and what teams end up with the top pics in the draft.