Browns
Updated: Nov. 04, 2025, 8:01 a.m.
|Published: Nov. 04, 2025, 8:00 a.m.
Cleveland Browns vs. New England Patriots, October 26, 2025
How long is the leash on Browns rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel?Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns' quarterback situation has evolved into one of the NFL’s most intriguing subplots, with speculation running rampant about rookie Shedeur Sanders’ back injury, Dillon Gabriel’s tenuous grip on the starting job and the elephant in the room: Deshaun Watson’s potential return.
On the latest Orange and Brown Talk podcast, host Dan Labbe read Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot a question from a reader that many fans are wondering: “What’s the real story behind Shedeur Sanders not playing? We see a ton on social media. What do we believe and what do the Browns have to lose in throwing him out there?”
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