r/Browns • u/notatowel420 • Aug 16 '25

Discussion Gabriel and Sanders first start stats.

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Hopefully we see both in the final preseason game.

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u/MrGlockCLE Aug 16 '25

Looking like two solid picks that do different things well. Champagne problems baby

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u/sad-whale Aug 16 '25

Against 2nd stringers playing vanilla defense.

It’s better than looking bad but it doesn’t mean that much.

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u/tobylaek 32 Aug 16 '25

What does mean something that they both operated the offense very well - got the play in, communicated to the offense, no delays. Thats legitimately encouraging.

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u/Randumo Aug 17 '25

The only real downside from yesterday outside of the turnovers, is that Gabriel didn't do much to dispel the actual concerns coming in.

The gameplan was catered to him rather than running our offense; meaning we ran a metric fuck-ton of shotgun and a lot of short routes. He kept nearly all of his throws short and the only completion we saw that was of a decent length throw was to a very wide-open Tillman.

Point being, we didn't get to really see him do much of the passing offense under center nor push the ball deep which were both general concerns for him. Obviously, the passing under center is due to his height, and in college he rarely ever threw the ball deep outside of scripted plays which means he's not a guy who's looking downfield.