Shedeur Sanders on Dillon Gabriel ‘Entertainers’ Line: ‘No one’s Phrases Have an effect on Me’

Dillon Gabriel‘s “there’s entertainers, and there’s competitors” line after the Cleveland Browns‘ Week 2 preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles was initially received as him taking a shot at fellow Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders. However, Gabriel & Co. have insisted it wasn’t a shot at Sanders, rather it was the quarterback being confident in his own ability.

How did Sanders take it?

“Words or anything, it can’t do anything to me,” Sanders said when asked about Gabriel’s “entertainers” line. “I know that God put the ability and the power in me to not even care about peoples’ comments. It is what it is. I spoke with him. He [Gabriel] instructed me on the aircraft ‘that wasn’t at you. I see how they’re attempting to spin it.’ I am not tripping, no matter no matter it was. No one’s phrases or something impacts me.”

Sanders began Cleveland’s Week 1 street preseason win over the Carolina Panthers, tossing two touchdowns and posting a 106.8 passer ranking. He missed the Browns’ Week 2 preseason sport with an indirect harm, with Gabriel – who missed Week 1 as a consequence of a hamstring harm – throwing for 143 yards and finishing 72.2% of his passes. Granted, Gabriel additionally threw a pick-six. However, the Browns named veteran Joe Flacco their Week 1 beginning quarterback earlier this week, with the 2 rookies, Kenny Pickett and Tyler Huntley competing for the spots on the depth chart behind Flacco.

Cleveland chosen Gabriel, a 2024 Heisman Trophy finalist, with the No. 94 decide within the 2025 NFL Draft, and traded as much as choose Sanders, the 2024 Large 12 Offensive Participant of the Yr, at decide No. 144. It beforehand acquired Pickett from the Eagles in March, whereas signing Huntley earlier this month.

The Browns shut out their preseason at dwelling towards the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday and open their common season at dwelling towards the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 7 (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).

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