Dillon Gabriel’s “there’s entertainers, and there’s opponents” line after the Cleveland Browns’ Week 2 preseason recreation towards the Philadelphia Eagles was initially obtained as him taking a shot at fellow Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Nonetheless, Gabriel & Co. have insisted it wasn’t a shot at Sanders, slightly it was the quarterback being assured in his personal capability.
How did Sanders take it?
“Phrases or something, it will possibly’t do something to me,” Sanders mentioned when requested about Gabriel’s “entertainers” line. “I do know that God put the flexibility and the ability in me to not even care about peoples’ 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.”
Sanders began Cleveland’s Week 1 highway preseason win over the Carolina Panthers, tossing two touchdowns and posting a 106.8 passer ranking. He missed the Browns’ Week 2 preseason recreation with an indirect damage, with Gabriel – who missed Week 1 attributable to a hamstring damage – throwing for 143 yards and finishing 72.2% of his passes. Granted, Gabriel additionally threw a pick-six. However, the Browns named veteran Joe Flacco their Week 1 beginning quarterback earlier this week, with the 2 rookies, Kenny Pickett and Tyler Huntley competing for the spots on the depth chart behind Flacco.
Cleveland chosen Gabriel, a 2024 Heisman Trophy finalist, with the No. 94 decide within the 2025 NFL Draft, and traded as much as choose Sanders, the 2024 Huge 12 Offensive Participant of the Yr, at decide No. 144. It beforehand acquired Pickett from the Eagles in March, whereas signing Huntley earlier this month.
The Browns shut out their preseason at house towards the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday and open their common season at house towards the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 7 (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).
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