CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns rookie Dillon Gabriel showed flashes of potential in his first NFL start. It’s up to coach Kevin Stefanski and his staff to make sure that continues over the next couple of weeks.
Gabriel completed 19 of 33 passes for 190 yards, two touchdowns and a 94.3 passer rating in Sunday’s 21-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London. The third-round pick is only the fourth Browns rookie to throw for multiple touchdowns in his first start.
“For a young player in that environment versus that defense to take care of the ball, make the plays he made, I thought was a lot of positives with plenty to clean up,” Stefanski said Monday after the Browns got back from overseas. “That’s what he will do, and that’s the mentality he has, certainly to be a player that continues to get be