{"id":804627,"date":"2026-08-06T13:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/804627\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:16:08","slug":"dillon-gabriel-doesnt-feel-disrespected-by-being-omitted-from-the-starting-quarterback-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/804627\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Gabriel doesn’t feel disrespected by being omitted from the starting quarterback competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The forgotten man in the Cleveland quarterback rotation is forcing himself into the conversation by performing well in practice. But Dillon Gabriel has yet to officially enter the competition to win the starting quarterback job with the Browns.<\/p>\n

Does he feel disrespected by that?<\/p>\n

\u201cNever disrespected,\u201d Gabriel told reporters on Wednesday. \u201cI don\u2019t take things personally, it\u2019s a business. I\u2019m focused on what I need to do to get better, and that\u2019s all I\u2019m focused on. I\u2019m present with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gabriel also was asked whether he believes earning more reps<\/a> gives him a chance to seize the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really just focused on mastering my reps,\u201d Gabriel said. \u201cI really appreciate [pass game coordinator] Danny Bryer and [senior director of player development] James Cook. James Cook and [offensive skill development specialist] Demetric Felton are big on walkthroughs in the morning, which helps set me up for a good day. And afterwards with Danny Bryer, a guy I\u2019ve really leaned on, getting coached up \u2014 three or five reps, talking through it as best I can and improving. And same with [assistant quarterbacks] coach [Matt] Baker, he\u2019s been really good for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contributing to the perception that Gabriel is an afterthought is the manner in which he was strong-armed into giving up No. 8<\/a> to Jared Verse. Dillon was asked about his new number, 6. <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I don\u2019t really care about numbers,\u201d Gabriel said. \u201cMy freshman year in high school, I remember I got pulled up to varsity wearing 96. . . . No, no attachment to any numbers. There may be some cool things to certain numbers that everyone tells themselves once they get a new number, but for the most part it\u2019s just a number.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the right attitude. Although some players believe their number becomes part of their identity, it\u2019s simply a mechanical feature allowing the officials and the opponent to more easily track the player. There\u2019s no real reason to become emotionally invested in it.<\/p>\n

Players change teams. When they do, they change uniforms. Changing the number on a uniform is no different. For Gabriel, the far more important number is the one he\u2019ll eventually be assigned on the depth chart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The forgotten man in the Cleveland quarterback rotation is forcing himself into the conversation by performing well in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-804627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}