They said the QB room was cool. They lied. That thing was a pressure cooker dressed like a country club. Texas had the golden boy, Quinn Ewers, throwing lasers, flipping his mullet like a rockstar, while the prodigal prince, Arch Manning, sat quiet in the wings. Folks waited on a beef, a locker room soap opera. Didn’t happen. But don’t get it twisted—just because it wasn’t messy doesn’t mean it wasn’t war. Now, one man’s heading to the league, and the other is just warming up. And a plot twist? Oh, it hit different….
Quinn Ewers’ draft stock just did a little cha-cha. While folks were sleeping on him like he was last year’s news, GMFB slid through with a segment on “Sleeper QBs.” Yogi Roth popped off like, “So let’s move on to quarterback number two, Quinn Ewers. Sleeper? What do you mean sleeper? This is the biggest recruit in the history of the world. And I agree with that. He made a throw back in the day—he went viral. Everybody called him Pat Mahomes at 17 years old. Remember the mullet?” He reminded folks: Ewers was that viral phenom with the Mahomes comps and the million-dollar mullet. “Literally was told he was the perfect quarterback by all of the ranking services. We all know there’s no such thing as a perfect anything. He had to navigate that.”
Ewers’ journey ain’t been smooth. He bounced from Ohio State—where CJ Stroud had the keys—to Texas, where he had to prove he wasn’t just hype. And boy, did he cook. Back-to-back CFP appearances, including that stone-cold dart on 4th and 13 in OT against Arizona State. “Best throw of the year,” Roth claimed, with full conviction. And he isn’t lying. That throw had NFL scouts watching film like it was a Tarantino flick.
The only reason Quinn Ewers’ stock dipped was because of the never-ending injury, his oblique tweak. Like life said, Slow down, killer. His rhythm stuttered, and while 3,472 yards and 31 touchdowns aren’t weak sauce, those 12 picks had draft boards getting nervous. Mock drafts had him sliding like socks on hardwood. But here’s the kicker—Quinn didn’t crack in the QB room. He didn’t throw shade at Arch Manning. He didn’t whine. He stayed solid.
Jamie Erdahl kept it real, comparing it to the Tua-Jalen situation: “There’s a lot to be said, too, for—this kind of goes back to the Tua-Jalen thing that happened at Alabama. There was a lot of heat on Quinn and Arch Manning, and like what was that dynamic like? They must hate each other. And Sark coached him up to a point where they did not.”
Coach Sark? He played peacemaker and sensei. Let Arch chill and learn. Let Quinn ball out. “The fact that Quinn Ewers emerged from that situation type of a mature quarterback—seems like he can handle a lot of situations,” Erdahl noted. And that’s fact. Quinn Ewers went from mullet teen to wise-beyond-years young man without losing his cool. And in the NFL, that locker room maturity? It ain’t just cute—it’s currency.
Yogi Roth said it best: “And that’s what it’s going to be like in the room, as you—as we all know. I mean, it’s not just ‘here’s the keys and go.’ It’s the most competitive position of all of sport. It’s an absolute shark tank. There’s not a lot of oxygen. He dealt with that already at Ohio State and then dealt with it at Texas, as you just referenced.” Ewers has already been there twice. First at Ohio State, now at Texas. So when he walks into an NFL facility, he isn’t wide-eyed. He’s battle-tested. He has to live through that again and probably has to sit for a year or whenever his name is called out. But it won’t be a problem. He knows when to lead, when to chill, and when to drop a dime in crunch time.
Quinn Ewers makes it clear about a $6.7B franchise
Now here’s where things get juicy. Quinn Ewers might not go in the first round. He knows it. Scouts know it. We know it. But guess what? He already picked his vibe. And it’s loud. The former Longhorn made it clear—he’s trying to rock with the Las Vegas Raiders.
“Coach Carroll would be awesome,” Ewers said, eyes lit up like the Vegas strip. “He’s always talking about ‘compete, compete, compete.’ I think he says that word 100 times a day.” The QB vibe? Fits him like custom boots. “If you’re in the building, you’re either competing or not.” There’s no middle ground in Ewers’ world. It’s a bold move—because Vegas hasn’t exactly been kind to quarterbacks lately. But that $6.7 billion franchise got a new owner (Tom Brady), a new coach, and a hunger for a new identity. And Ewers? He smells blood. Quinn Ewers and Brock Bowers, that duo, would literally feed families in Vegas.
The Raiders got plenty of options. They would get QBs like Jaxson Dart in the 2nd round or Will Howard in the 3rd round—all thanks to the Chip Kelly connection. Anyway, the Raiders are low-key locked in on Geno Smith with a 2-year contract. So what does that mean for Quinn?
It means he’s got to be patient. Might be sitting for a season. He might be playing QB2 reps. Might be in Arch Manning mode—quietly stacking. And funny enough? He’s already lived that life at Ohio State. But let’s keep it a buck—if the Raiders pass, they might regret it. Because when Ewers is healthy and locked in, he’s surgical. He reads coverages like audiobooks and drops dimes like old mixtapes. If the ankle and oblique hold up, and he lands somewhere that lets him cook, he’s a future starter. Maybe not Day 1—but Day 100? Bet that.
And if it ain’t Vegas? New Orleans might slide. Pittsburgh’s lurking. Even Atlanta could make a call. But wherever he lands, the chip on his shoulder’s riding shotgun. Ewers hasn’t forgotten how folks flipped on him when he got banged up. Sleeper QB? Quinn Ewers is all set to light up Sunday nights and keep everyone awake.
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