It S A Real Challenge Tom Brady Feels For Arch Manning Over

Tom Brady has a strong message for Arch Manning on what he needs to do if he’s going to bounce back after his disappointing Saturday game against Ohio State. In an interview with Cris Collinsworth of Pro Football Focus, Brady spoke out about Texas losing 7 to 14 against Ohio State. The game was close up to the end, but many fans were quick to turn on Manning anyway, even calling for his backup quarterback to step in. Brady and Collinsworth began talking about Manning’s performance at about 39 minutes into the interview. Overall, Brady was positive about Manning’s future. There’s a long season ahead, he said, and he hasn’t seen anything to indicate that Manning doesn’t have what it takes to persevere.

Collinsworth started out by comparing Manning to Brady. He was the next Tom Brady, the way he was getting built up here before the season started,” Collinsworth said. “But he also missed some really easy throws… Ones that made a difference in the game.” In the changing landscape of college football, young athletes often find themselves under unwarranted attention from the media and fans. Texas quarterback Arch Manning experienced a similar situation even before the 2025 season began. Media outlets drew comparisons between him and his legendary uncles, Peyton and Eli Manning, expecting him to follow a similar path in just his first year as the starting quarterback for the program.

According to NFL great Tom Brady, times have changed, and the mental toll on young players is now out of bounds. He addressed the intense media scrutiny that players like Manning face and reflected on how different it was during his own college days at Michigan. Speaking to Sports Illustrated while shooting a commercial, Brady said, “Before, players had the kind of ability to fail when people weren’t watching, to build that resiliency within themselves. So I think it’s a real challenge these days for these young kids because Arch Manning, you know, seems like a great kid and great player.” Brady went on to express hope that players can find ways to cope with criticisms. He also noted that Arch’s uncles, Eli and Peyton, had many years to develop and grow into their roles as quarterbacks.

“Peyton had a lot of years to develop. Eli had a lot of years to develop, and, you know, I was a college kid once, too, and I wasn’t the best quarterback at that time. How people remember me after my pro career was a lot different than how I remember me after my college career,” Brady explained. Tom Brady knows being a young athlete in today's media landscape means being more prone to scrutiny. That is the case for Texas quarterback Arch Manning, who has been in the spotlight throughout his amateur football career. Being the nephew of Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning and grandson of Archie Manning comes with its own set of expectations.

Regarding how fans and media should treat young athletes like Manning, a redshirt sophomore, Brady gives a reminder that players need to be allowed time to develop. "Before, [players] had the kind of ability to fail when people weren't watching, to build that resiliency within themselves," Brady told Sports Illustrated in an interview promoting the SharkNinja Crispi Pro. "So I think it's a real challenge these days for these young kids because Arch Manning, you know, seems like a great kid and great player." Brady calls back to the era he grew up in without media attention that allowed him to develop at his own pace before getting drafted to the NFL. All the preseason hype about Arch Manning ahead of the 2025 college football season has turned around to become a “bust” conversation for many fans and analysts, as they predicted the Texas star to... His performance so far has been utterly underwhelming.

However, Manning’s “underwhelming” performance is not on him, as analysts like Josh Pate and Jordon Rodgers agree, the Arch Manning hype ahead of the season was “doomed” from the beginning, as it’s only his... On that Tangent, Tom Brady, who is considered among the best NFL players to ever play the game, also came out to show his support for Manning in an interview with SI’s Elizabeth Swinton: “Before, [players] had the kind of ability to fail when people weren’t watching, to build that resiliency within themselves, So I think it’s a real challenge these days for these young kids because Arch... “Peyton had a lot of years to develop,” Brady continued. “Eli had a lot of years to develop and, you know, I was a college kid once, too, and I wasn’t the best quarterback at that time. And how people remember me after my pro career was a lot different than I remember me after my college career, which is a lot different than me how they remember me after my...

So give people a chance to learn and grow and develop and put them in the right situation.”

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