Browns’ Dillon Gabriel clarifies in-game touch upon teammate Shedeur Sanders

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Final week, Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel's feedback raised some eyebrows.

Gabriel spoke to a reporter throughout halftime of Saturday's Browns-Eagles preseason recreation and famous "there are entertainers and there are rivals."

He additionally described himself as a competitor. After the sport, Gabriel was requested if the distinction he talked about was a reference to teammate and fellow rookie Sheduer Sanders. Gabriel then clarified his remarks, saying he was describing the media as entertainers, and he thought of everybody on the Browns roster a competitor.

Because the saga dragged on, Sanders provided his perspective.

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel appears to be like to cross through the first half of a preseason recreation in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles Aug. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Picture/Matt Rourke)

"Phrases or something, it may possibly't do something to me," Sanders responded when requested about Gabriel's hotly debated "entertainers" line. "I do know that God put the power and the facility in me to not even care about individuals's feedback. It's what it's. I spoke with him. He [Gabriel] informed me on the aircraft ‘that wasn’t at you. I see how they're attempting to spin it.' I am not tripping, no matter no matter it was. No one's phrases or something impacts me."

A reporter adopted up by asking whether or not Sanders believed Gabriel.

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"Did I imagine him?" Sanders requested. "I imply, I really feel such as you’re attempting to begin stuff now. I really feel such as you’re attempting to begin stuff. I imply, [the reporter’s] doing his job he’s alleged to. Do I really feel like he did? I don’t know. And that’s not on me to sit down right here and be like, ‘Oh he did, he did it.’ That’s not going to alter my life in any manner."

Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns stands for the nationwide anthem earlier than a preseason recreation in opposition to the Carolina Panthers at Financial institution of America Stadium Aug. 8, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (Logan Bowles/Getty Photographs)

Sanders dealt with the beginning quarterback duties in Cleveland's preseason opener. He completed his preseason debut with two touchdowns. Sanders was sidelined with an indirect harm through the Browns' second exhibition recreation.

Gabriel completed the Week 2 preseason contest with 143 passing yards. However he additionally threw a pick-six.

Dillon Gabriel (5) and Shedeur Sanders (12) of the Cleveland Browns run a drill throughout Cleveland Browns obligatory minicamp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus June 10, 2025, in Berea, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Photographs through Getty Photographs)