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Cleveland Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel wants to make sure everyone knows he doesn’t have a beef with teammate Shedeur Sanders despite a heated QB competition in Cleveland.
Before his NFL debut on Saturday, Gabriel went viral when he told NFL Network that he considers himself a “competitor” and not an entertainer like other QBs.
Many felt like Gabriel was taking at Sanders and his flashy style.
#Browns Dillon Gabriel clarifies he meant the media are the entertainers and he’s a competitor and that he wasn’t taking a shot at Shedeur Sanders: “I’m all about the team” pic.twitter.com/I4EVCVmmxR
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) August 16, 2025
Gabriel went on to have a solid preseason debut and was immediately asked about his pregame quote. According to Gabriel, he wasn’t referring to Sanders in his quote, but instead was talking about the media.
“All you in this room are entertainers, and you have a job do, and I respect it,” Gabriel told reporters. “I’m a competitor, so I have a job to do as well.”
Dillon Gabriel makes it clear that he’s talking about the media as entertainers and not Shedeur Sanders
“First of all, I’m all about the team”pic.twitter.com/lqbuC3us8y https://t.co/8s8b874zIo
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) August 16, 2025
NFL network reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala
Let’s PLEASE not take this out of context. I was so impressed with how sagely – and sincerely – Dillon Gabriel talked previously about tuning out distractions. He told us there are entertainers (hot take artists) and there are competitors (he and his fellow QBs) and he doesn’t… https://t.co/SuNFUFT1Zu
— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) August 16, 2025