{"id":828485,"date":"2026-08-28T09:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828485\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T09:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:04:20","slug":"dillon-gabriels-box-score-stats-highlights-in-browns-vs-patriots-after-shedeur-watson-qb-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/828485\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Gabriel&#8217;s Box Score Stats &#038; Highlights in Browns vs. Patriots After Shedeur-Watson QB Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Dillon Gabriel turned heads during the Cleveland Browns&#8217; 37-13 win over the New England Patriots in the team&#8217;s preseason finale on Thursday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">While Gabriel sits behind Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders on Cleveland&#8217;s quarterback <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clevelandbrowns.com\/team\/depth-chart\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">depth chart<\/a>, he thrived in the third preseason game with three touchdown passes in the first half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">This came after Watson and Sanders <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PFF\/status\/2093134085145166057\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">combined for just one<\/a> preseason touchdown pass over the first two games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Gabriel went 12-of-15 for 186 yards and a 157.9 quarterback rating during the first half of his start. In the first quarter alone, the second-year player went 7-of-8 for 135 yards and two touchdowns without committing a turnover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Browns held a 17-7 lead heading into the second, amassing 175 total yards throughout the first 15 minutes of action. The lead grew to 27-13 at halftime against the defending AFC champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Taylen Green started at quarterback for the Browns in the second half, helping them put together multiple scoring drives. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Green finished 5-of-7 for 27 yards while showing off his dual-threat capabilities, rushing for 66 yards on just eight attempts. This included a 30-yard scramble in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Green was selected by the Browns with a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Cleveland <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25431333-deshaun-watson-beats-shedeur-sanders-browns-qb1-battle-nfl-week-1-vs-jaguars\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">named<\/a> Watson as its starting quarterback on Monday following a positional battle with Sanders in training camp, although Gabriel proved that he can still help out the quarterback room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Gabriel is entering his second year in Cleveland after he was selected with a third-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">He appeared in 10 games as a rookie, completing 59.5 percent of his throws for 937 yards and seven touchdowns compared to two interceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dillon Gabriel turned heads during the Cleveland Browns&#8217; 37-13 win over the New England Patriots in the team&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-828485","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\/828485","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=828485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}