**How will Dillon Gabriel lead the offense in his first career start?**
The Browns will have a new quarterback under center when they face the Vikings in Week 5, as rookie QB [Dillon Gabriel](/team/players-roster/dillon-gabriel/) will get his first start of the regular season.
"Excited about the opportunity for Dillon (Gabriel) and obviously talking with Kevin (Stefanski) and throughout the week on it, felt like it was the right time for it," offensive coordinator Tommy Rees said. "He's put in a lot of work to put himself ready to play, so guys have rallied around him. We've all got to do our part to help elevate the play of the quarterback and get the quarterback playing well. So, I know Dillon's been chomping at the bit, and Joe (Flacco) has been there every step of the way to help support him through this process and get him ready on this week here in London and getting ready to play Minnesota (Vikings)."
As Gabriel steps into his new role, Rees said they can tailor their offense to Gabriel's skill set to help build confidence and a high level of comfort. One of the ways in which they must tailor the offense is to Gabriel throwing left-handed. Rees said they have to flip the mindset on certain calls to accommodate.
"But we do train our guys to have to do a keeper left, do a keeper right," Rees said. "Do some things that you typically wouldn't ask a righty to do, we are going to ask him to do that, so you don't limit what the playbook entails. So, for Dillon, he's done all these things. Are there certain things here and there that you got to maybe think about? Sure. But it really doesn't change a lot in what you're doing."
Gabriel said he has utilized extra conversations and meetings with Rees as part of his preparation for Week 5 to understand what their offensive goals are at a high level. He jas also used film, walkthroughs and being able to look at the play call, say the play and go through the progression to help instill a high level of comfort and confidence.
"There's a lot of comfort in the scheme because that's part of why they got me here is I've done it before," Gabriel said. "And I think the confidence in that is now you're learning new personnel, new people, but you come together and have ultimate confidence in the whole concepts that we run."