Archie Manning walks back comments about wanting grandson Arch to play for the Cowboys

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Archie Manning made waves when he said he revealed his preferred NFL landing spot for his grandson, Texas star Arch Manning. 

"I hope he’ll play three years in Texas; I hope he will play three more years," Manning said when asked about his grandson. 

When asked about where he wants Arch to play in the NFL, Archie gave an unexpected answer.  

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Former NFL quarterback Archie Manning stands on the field prior to the start of the Allstate Sugar Bowl at Mercedes Benz Superdome on Jan. 1, 2020 in New Orleans. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

"It’s funny, nobody’s ever asked me that. Right off the bat if somebody asked me, I’d say Cowboys," Archie said in a video posted to TikTok last week.

However, the former New Orleans Saints quarterback walked back his comments about wanting Arch to play for the Cowboys on Wednesday after causing a stir on social media. 

"That is something that kind of got out of hand, and I have a sports bar in New Orleans, and I was just being nice to a patron. I told him I hoped Arch would play three years of college football, and he said ‘and then maybe to the Cowboys?’ I said that’d be fine with me. I didn’t know that he was going to put that on TikTok or whatever that, I don’t what TikTok is. I didn’t know it was go viral as they say," Archie told Sports Illustrated on Wednesday.

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Former NFL quarterbacks Eli Manning, left, Archie Manning, and Peyton Manning, right, pose with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, center left, prior to the SEC Championship game between the Georgia