{"id":352324,"date":"2025-12-18T01:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352324\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T01:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T01:55:07","slug":"cleveland-browns-qb-dillon-gabriel-gets-clear-nfl-career-outlook-label-and-its-not-ideal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/352324\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns QB Dillon Gabriel gets clear NFL career outlook label and it’s not ideal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns QB Dillon Gabriel gets clear NFL career outlook label and it’s not ideal<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former Oregon Ducks<\/a> quarterback Dillon Gabriel is off to a bit of a slow start in the NFL thanks in large part to the team he plays for: the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n

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The Browns’ struggles have continued in recent weeks as they are in the midst of three-game losing skid while sitting in fourth place in the AFC North<\/a> with nothing to play for in the final few weeks of the regular season at 3-11.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse for Gabriel, the Browns have since turned to former Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders <\/a>as the season winds down which paints an even grimmer picture about what Gabriel’s future may look like.<\/p>\n

As College Football HQ’s\u00a0Nick Merriam essentially put it in a recent piece ranking 15 different NFL Draft classes,<\/a> Gabriel is serviceable at best.<\/p>\n

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“Dillon Gabriel looks like he could stick in the league for a while as a game-managing backup quarterback,”\u00a0Merriam wrote.<\/p>\n

It’s not a great outlook, but the rest of. his ex-teammates appear to be on the upswing as\u00a0Merriam ranked the Ducks his fourth-best of his 15 draft classes from around the country.<\/p>\n

For Gabriel, though, this is as much a learning experience for him as it is a springboard into the future.<\/p>\n

Just recall his “entertainers” comment from August.<\/a> According to him, a line was crossed and he wants to focus on football.<\/p>\n

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“First off, I am all about our team, you know what I mean?” Gabriel told reporters then<\/a>. “And each other. I would never make that, and I’ve said it before, that’s why it’s interesting. But, for me, I’ve explained it. Entertainers are you all [in the media]. Competitor, that’s what I am and all my teammates, and we both have jobs to do. So that’s it.”<\/p>\n

Therefore, backup or not, to question his dedication to his position, or to football in general, would be a mistake.<\/p>\n

Should Gabriel not see the field again this season, he would finish with seven touchdowns alongside two interceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns QB Dillon Gabriel gets clear NFL career outlook label and it’s not ideal originally appeared on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,1724,1752,514,1044,4581,1729,82,16449],"class_list":["post-352324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dillon-gabriel","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-shedeur-sanders","tag-sports","tag-the-browns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}