Sarkisian says Texas will need both Quinn Ewers, Arch Manning - ESPN

DALLAS — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said he will not handle his quarterback room any differently with Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning returning for a second straight season together, saying Wednesday, «We're probably going to need both those guys at some point this season.»

During an interview session with ESPN, Sarkisian said «we've got a great quarterback room,» adding there is a misconception outside the program that Ewers and Manning do not get along. He said that could not be further from the truth.

«These guys are great, great friends. Nobody gets along better,» Sarkisian said. «There's a real level of appreciation for what each guy is doing. Because they know the journey, they know the path, they know how we coach him. From Archer's perspective, he's watching Quinn have to go through some of the adversity, having a fight through injury, having to deal with the criticism of being the quarterback of Texas, so to see him have success, I think Arch is fired up for Quinn.

»On the flip side, I think Quinn recognizes Arch's journey Year 1 in our system and what that's like. If you go back to the spring game Arch's true freshman year, what that looked like, and then to see how he played Year 2 in the system, there's great appreciation from Quinn for what Arch is doing. «So in the end, we're probably going to need both those guys at some point this season.»

Ewers started for Texas last season, leading the Longhorns to the College Football Playoff. Texas lost to Washington in heartbreaking fashion, when a fourth-down pass from Ewers to Adonai Mitchell fell incomplete as time expired. Ewers said he did not sleep for two days after the loss, thinking about the incomplete pass.

That loss, coupled with his desire to have more