The Cleveland Browns and Dillon Gabriel just got their teeth kicked in by the Pittsburgh Steelers, 23 to 9. This wasn’t one of those “closer than it looked” games either. From the first snap, the Browns looked lost, unprepared, and flat-out uninterested. Aaron Rodgers diced them up for 235 yards and two touchdowns while the Browns managed 248 total yards, no touchdowns, and three field goals. You read that right, no touchdowns.

And at the center of the disaster was Dillon Gabriel, who might genuinely be the worst starting quarterback I’ve ever seen take an NFL snap. The guy looked like a practice squad QB thrown into a live fire drill. He went 29-for-52 for 221 yards, zero touchdowns, and a painful 66.3 passer rating, all while eating six sacks and looking completely overwhelmed. Every drive felt like watching a car stall on the highway.

And the crazy part is that the Browns didn’t even give Shedeur Sanders a single drive. The kid’s been sitting behind everyone all year. You trade away Joe Flacco, promote Shedeur to QB2, and then when your starter looks like he’s playing blindfolded, you don’t even give the rookie a shot. That’s not coaching, that’s cowardice. These guys don’t want answers, they want excuses.

But honestly, this is just typical Browns nonsense. They’ve been doing this dance for years. You hand Deshaun Watson one of the biggest contracts in NFL history after all those allegations, and what happens? He forgets how to play football, gets hurt, and now you’re paying him a mountain of money to sit on the sideline while your team spirals. The Deshaun Watson contract is a financial anchor, not a foundation.

Then you run Baker Mayfield out of town, a guy who literally dragged this franchise to the playoffs, and now he’s out here in Tampa Bay looking like an MVP candidate, keeping the Bucs fun and relevant while Cleveland trots out quarterbacks who can’t complete a checkdown. It’s embarrassing.

The front office’s draft decisions make it even worse. Dillon Gabriel in the third round was the shocker nobody asked for. Every draft analyst on Earth had the guy ranked way lower. The knock was clear: folds under pressure, poor pocket awareness, inconsistent accuracy. What did Cleveland do? They called it a steal. Spoiler alert, it wasn’t. And then to top it off, they traded up in the fifth round for Shedeur Sanders purely for a ratings boost and fan excitement, and the coaching staff refuses to play him. You can’t make this stuff up. It’s a clown show disguised as a rebuild.

Oh, and let’s not forget Jaxson Dart, who the Browns actually scouted and passed on. Dart is out here looking sharp in New York, but Cleveland thought they were smarter than everyone else. That decision already looks cursed.

Now they’re sitting at 1 and 5, staring down another lost season and probably another top five pick. The talk will shift to the next “savior,” maybe Drew Allar, who’s got a cannon but can’t hit a target half the time and is now banged up. So sure, go ahead and take another “developmental” quarterback next spring. Maybe it’ll work on the fifth try.

The truth is simple. The Browns are the same old Browns. They’ve built this disaster brick by brick. Overpaying quarterbacks, drafting reach projects, ignoring actual talent, and running off the few guys who gave a damn. They aren’t cursed, they’re just bad at their jobs.

You had a good thing last year with Jameis Winston, and while he wasn’t winning you a Super Bowl, at least he made you watchable. But instead of being fun, you chose to be delusional. You chased “franchise QB” headlines and ended up with Dillon Gabriel pretending to be an NFL player.

Here’s the cold reality. Cleveland is going nowhere fast. The stadium energy is dead, the front office is clueless, and the coaching staff looks terrified to make any real change. The Steelers didn’t just beat them, they exposed them. They exposed a team with no plan, no leadership, and no sense of direction. Deshaun Watson’s contract is still handcuffing the roster. Baker Mayfield is thriving in Tampa. And the Browns are stuck trying to convince themselves Dillon Gabriel is the answer.

Same story, different year. The Browns stay loyal to chaos, and the rest of the league thanks them for it.

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