From the moment the Cleveland Browns selected Colorado's Shedeur Sanders with the 144th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, Dillon Gabriel's spotlight grew considerably dimmer. Though no fault of Sanders, Gabriel started his NFL career with the type of controversy that proves to be too much for many NFL rookies.
The two will be inextricably linked for the foreseeable future, so long as neither of them is shipped out of Cleveland in the near future.
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Don't look for Gabriel to let that hinder his enthusiasm or his professionalism, though.