{"id":71493,"date":"2024-10-01T07:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T12:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/quinn-ewers-injury-update-steve-sarkisian-reveals-latest-on-texas-qb-entering-bye-week\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T07:29:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T12:29:21","slug":"quinn-ewers-injury-update-steve-sarkisian-reveals-latest-on-texas-qb-entering-bye-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/quinn-ewers-injury-update-steve-sarkisian-reveals-latest-on-texas-qb-entering-bye-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Ewers injury update: Steve Sarkisian reveals latest on Texas QB entering bye week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The timing of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/\">Texas Longhorns<\/a><\/strong>\u2018 bye week couldn\u2019t have been better as starting quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/quinn-ewers-97493\/\">Quinn Ewers<\/a><\/strong> continues to rehab and seek a return from injury ahead of the team\u2019s biggest game of the season next weekend. Facing off against rival <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/oklahoma-sooners\/\">Oklahoma<\/a><\/strong> next Saturday on October 12. <\/p>\n<p>Ewers has missed Texas\u2019 last two games after suffering from an abdominal strain early in the second quarter of the Longhorns\u2019 Week 3 matchup against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/utsa-roadrunners\/\">UTSA<\/a><\/strong>. And during his <a href=\"https:\/\/watch.longhornnetwork.com\/video\/694147\">press conference on Monday<\/a>, head coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/coach\/steve-sarkisian-132832\/\">Steve Sarkisian<\/a><\/strong> provided an injury update for his starting quarterback.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-my-plugin-prizepicks-ad-block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prizepicks.onelink.me\/ivHR\/ON3\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE to go to PrizePicks and use code ON3 to receive a guaranteed $50 once you play $5 in lineups!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just rehabbing as he has been,\u201d Sarkisian said. \u201cI think he\u2019s been making steady progress one day to the next, which is a good sign. We haven\u2019t had any setbacks, it\u2019s been steady progress. I think he\u2019s getting stronger and more comfortable and more confident, and so we\u2019ll just kind of stay the course with that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ewers\u2019 most recent injury marks the third straight season where he\u2019s missed time for Texas due to an injury. Hurting his shoulder in 2022 against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/alabama-crimson-tide\/\">Alabama<\/a><\/strong> and missing the next three games followed by another shoulder injury in 2023 suffered against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/college\/houston-cougars\/\">Houston<\/a><\/strong> that led to two more games out of the starting lineup. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-my-plugin-fubo-ad-block\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191261?irad=399332&amp;irmp=5298464\"><strong><em>Save $30 on your first month of Fubo by CLICKING HERE NOW!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a limited time, you can get your first month of Fubo for as low as $49.99. Stream ESPN, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and 200+ top channels of live TV and sports without cable. (Participating plans only. Taxes and fees may apply.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>His most recent abdominal injury came on a non-contact play, listed as questionable ahead of Texas\u2019 most recent matchup against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/mississippi-state-bulldogs\/\">Mississippi State<\/a><\/strong> before being ruled out 90 minutes before kickoff. As some <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/chipbrown247\/status\/1840830730378887412?s=46&amp;t=Qr2jrdSuZhJ2aAstgzWNjg\">early reports already suggest<\/a> that Ewers is expected to play in the Red River Rivalry game next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got to do enough to show me he can play,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/news\/steve-sarkisian-explains-what-it-would-take-for-quinn-ewers-to-play-vs-mississippi-state\/\">Sarkisian said<\/a>. \u201cI know that\u2019s probably not the answer you wanted, but that\u2019s what I mean. We\u2019ve got a game plan. Can he execute the game plan? I hate to pare it down to that but that\u2019s really the truth. I want to make sure he\u2019s healthy enough to play at a high level. Can he go operate the game plan we have in place for him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redshirt freshman phenom <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/arch-manning-7353\/\">Arch Manning<\/a><\/strong> has been starting in place of Ewers and has kept the Longhorns undefeated this season. But there\u2019s no question that a matchup against Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl next Saturday would represent the biggest challenge of his young career. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/news\/steve-sarkisian-reveals-latest-injury-update-texas-quarterback-quinn-ewers-entering-bye-week\/\">Quinn Ewers injury update: Steve Sarkisian reveals latest on Texas QB entering bye week<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/\">On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The timing of the Texas Longhorns\u2018 bye week couldn\u2019t have been better as starting quarterback&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}