Browns QB Dillon Gabriel Postgame Transcript 10/26
BROWNS QUARTERBACK DILLON GABRIEL
POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE
October 26, 2025
Q: How tough sledding was it out there for you guys today with trying to get things going?
DG: Yeah, needed to and didn’t.
Q: You guys have the bye week coming up. Are you going to take this time to kind of just regroup, or what can you do to try to improve your own game out there?
DG: Yeah, we need to. It starts with me. I’ve got to find solutions and make sure the outcome changes. But it’s not, so we have to work on that.
Q: Drake Maye is a young quarterback finding his footing in the NFL. What do you like about his game?
DG: Yeah, he’s just been playing at a really high level this year.
Q: That first series, everything was working so well for you guys. Then as you guys kind of got away from – got off script, it seems like things bogged down a little bit more. What can you take from that first script, that first drive, and kind of spread it out over the rest of the game?
DG: Yeah, we want to continue to do that. We were explosive in that first drive, and want to continue to create that. But sustaining third downs is where we’ve got to be better at, and it starts with me, for sure.
Q: Dillon, I think your wide receivers only had two receptions. Is that going to be kind of priority number one as you guys come out of the bye, just to trying to find a way to get Jerry [Jeudy] more involved or –
DG: Yeah, we’ll have to watch film and then let the coaches see what the priority is, number one.
Q: Were the targets just not there for him? He didn’t have one through three quarters, but were they just not there for those three quarters.
DG: Yeah, just need to be able to spread it out more. I think when you’re efficient and you’re playing at a high level, everyone is touching it.
Q: Dillon, you had the one third down play where it looked like the ball went off Harold [Fannin Jr.]’s hands, but it looked like Jerry was right behind him. Was that just sort of two guys – one guy maybe in the wrong position? Was that ball intended for Jerry?
DG: It was intended for Jerry, but tough, them being stacked on one another. Trying to get it to him probably earlier in the down, but turned into a scramble drill later.
Q: Did it hurt a lot that they kind of took Quinshon [Judkins] out of the game?
DG: Yeah, Quinshon is really good, and I like when he’s in the game.
Q: The pass to [Isaiah] Bond out of bounds, it took you a while to see him. Could you expand on that a little bit?
DG: Yeah, got squeezed and then ended up getting out. But just the yardage was shrinking there. Would have liked to have gotten it to him earlier in the down, but didn’t and have to.
Q: What do you feel like you guys can do? Kevin [Stefanski] said he’s sticking with you – first of all, let’s start with that. How do you feel that Kevin is going to be sticking with you coming out of the bye?
DG: Yeah, we’ve got to get better.
Q: What can you do?
DG: We’ve got to get back to work. You’ve got to get better. It starts with me. Yeah, I don’t want to stand up here and say the same old story. We’ve got to get better, and there’s multiple categories, starting with me.
Q: What would you personally do, then, over the bye? I know it’s time to kind of regroup a little, but is there anything that you can do to get better?
DG: Yeah, get to watch all of it, look back at it, see where I can be better. There’s a lot of areas I can be better, be more efficient, sustain more drives and score more points.
Q: You talk about stepping back and looking at it all. How much does this bye week give you an opportunity to finally step back and see bigger picture – because you’re sort of in the moment over these last four or five weeks, just getting ready for each game – that you can sort of “big picture” it?
DG: Yeah, I’ll let the coaches and big picture. For me, I’ll find those priorities of where I need to be better at, and then I need to get better at it.
Q: Did the Patriots do any any major adjustments to get you out of rhythm after that first drive?
DG: No, I think they just are a very solid team, played really well, sound football, and they made plays and we didn’t. That’s the name of the game; we’ve got to make plays, and it starts with me.
Q: …How is this going?
DG: I don’t think anybody likes losing.
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