After a lackluster series of starts from Joe Flacco, the Cleveland Browns gave one of their rookie quarterbacks, Dillon Gabriel, a chance. After two NFL starts, there is nothing that suggests that Gabriel had any semblance of a good outing either. Ironically, Gabriel’s pass attempts in Week 6 almost exactly mirror the number of days his fellow rookie teammate, Shedeur Sanders, has been sitting on the sidelines since his preseason game.
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The Oregon product saw a total of 52 pass attempts in his loss to Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers this past Sunday. Meanwhile, Sanders has been waiting on the sidelines for 50 days… And counting, of course.
Clearly, the Browns are well on their way to having yet another disastrous regular season. And Chase Daniel is fed up with the mediocrity.
“The offensive film that I just watched. It might’ve been the worst offensive film I have ever seen, and that’s putting it lightly,” observed Daniel.
Cleveland’s offensive line may not be able to give any quarterback much of a fair chance at winning, but Gabriel’s performance was disappointing regardless. “It’s just not great,” Daniel added while reviewing some of the low points in Gabriel’s second outing with the Browns.
“Is Shedeur Sanders the answer? I don’t know. But you’ve got to imagine that they cannot continue down this path… There are other options out there that could do a little better. He’s a rookie. I don’t want to kill the guy, but this film was pretty bad,” Daniel continued.
Unfortunately for Sanders, no matter how poorly any of the signal callers ahead of him continue to perform, no one on Cleveland’s coaching staff is interested in seeing him on the field. Even though the Browns are holding a 1-5 record, are the lowest scoring team in the league, and have already committed 43 penalties, they continue to leave the former Colorado Buffalo on the sidelines.
What that says about Sanders as a prospect, we’re not sure. But what that does reveal, however, is that the Browns seem to be more content with losing games than taking chances. For a franchise that has just two winning seasons since 2007, that’s a rather inexcusable mistake.
Ever since he first began to fall in the 2025 NFL Draft, fans have been clamoring for Cleveland to allow Sanders to prove that he was deserving of the first-round draft grade he had initially received. Nevertheless, it seems as if his supporters will have to continue waiting while the Browns continue to field a losing roster.
If you’re a fan of Sanders, there’s no need to give up on him yet. But if you’re a fan of the Cleveland Browns, then you may want to look into spending your money on something other than season tickets.
