Dillon Gabriel

No. 8 · 2nd season

The coach is giving Gabriel more reps, and that means something

In Cleveland, the quarterback job isn't handed out — it's being sorted through practice, rep by rep, in front of a coaching staff that has real decisions to make. There are three names in the mix: Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson, and Dillon Gabriel. And lately, Gabriel has been getting more of the work.

Gabriel came into this competition as the quieter name — not the high-profile draft story, not the established veteran, but the third option people weren't quite sure how to place. That kind of position can disappear quietly, or it can become something else entirely.

Offensive coordinator Todd Monken has started feeding Gabriel more reps in practice. In a quarterback competition, that is not a small thing. Reps are the currency — they are how a player builds trust with the people watching, how they get a real chance to show what they do. More reps means someone is paying attention.

For Gabriel, this is the window. Whether it stays open depends on what he does with it.

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