Browns QB Dillon Gabriel is confident for his 1st NFL start and jokes that his dad needs a passport
Gabriel will be the first quarterback to make his NFL debut abroad as Cleveland seeks to revive its offense ranked near the bottom in scoring this season.
- On Oct. 5, Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel will make his NFL debut at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London against the Minnesota Vikings.
- Selected midweek as the starter, Gabriel replaces Joe Flacco as Coach Kevin Stefanski hopes the 24-year-old can revive Cleveland Browns' anemic offense, ranked next-to-last in scoring.
- With six years across three college programs, Dillon Gabriel told Browns beat writers Oct. 3, `Been through a bunch of competitions at every stop, going back to high school, even into my freshman year at UCF, going into Oklahoma, even at Oregon`.
- Gabriel joked that his dad needs a passport as Gabriel's parents, Hawai'i residents, won’t attend his first start while kickoff at 3:30 a.m. in Hawaii complicates travel.
- The Browns return to the U.S. next week for a road game at Pittsburgh, giving Gabriel's family extra time to plan for his second start, as Cleveland has used 5 different starters in 10 games.
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Dillon Gabriel is ready for his NFL debut, and his Browns teammates are ready to follow him into what they hope will be a renaissance of an offense that hasn’t been good since December 2023. Gabriel will become the 41st quarterback to start for the Browns since 1999 and the first to make his first start on a continent other than North America when the Browns play the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Kickoff is 9:30 a.m. …
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