Gabriel's numbers with Oregon cannot be argued, as he threw for over 3,800 yards, thirty touchdowns against only six interceptions, and completed almost seventy-three percent of his passes.
Gabriel also finished his career with 188 total touchdowns and 63 career starts ( at three schools: Central Florida, Oklahoma, and Oregon), which are Division I career records.
The problems? Gabriel lacks a strong arm, is small at 5'11, and with his six seasons of college football, will be old for a rookie as he will turn twenty-five during the season.
Plus, Gabriel's skills are more similar to those of DeShaun Watson, which the Browns have vowed to move away from in favor of Kevin Stefanski's preferred system.
When you look at the Browns' needs at wide receiver, which currently boasts Jerry Jeudy and a group with more questions than the Riddler, taking Gabriel simply doesn't make sense.
And if you absolutely HAD to have a quarterback, there were several still available who would have made more sense than Gabriel, such as Quinn Ewers of Texas, Kyle McCord of Syracuse, Will Howard of Ohio State, and, of course, Shedeur Sanders of Colorado.
No one loves their middle-round, weak-armed, smallish quarterbacks who are "winners" than the Browns- Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Cody Kessler, etc.
My best guess is the "Ivies" like Berry (who took Gabriel and DTR) and his mentor Sashi Brown (Kessler) fall in love with these types in the interview process because they are smart guys with "winning" personalities, overrate their potential, and due to their need to have them- draft them too soon.
At least that's my theory because otherwise I have absolutely no idea why the Browns would spend a third-round pick on Dillon Gabriel.
I'll try to be back throughout the day with the Browns remaining choices, one each in rounds four, five, and six.
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