{"id":211567,"date":"2025-07-16T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/211567\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:29:10","slug":"the-browns-qb-secret-why-dillon-gabriels-computer-like-brain-has-clevelands-front-office-captivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/211567\/","title":{"rendered":"The Browns\u2019 QB Secret: Why Dillon Gabriel\u2019s \u2018Computer-Like Brain\u2019 Has Cleveland\u2019s Front Office Captivated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZYNSWCRS3JFF3K4RXTBI3AEPBU\">CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns\/\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u2019 selection of Dillon Gabriel with the 94th overall pick left many analysts scratching their heads, but the organization\u2019s fascination with the Oregon quarterback wasn\u2019t about arm strength or physical traits \u2014 it was about what\u2019s happening between his ears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7VXIDLFZKVA4LGSK22OHK7D6YI\">What we\u2019re witnessing is an NFL team placing an extraordinary premium on cognitive ability. In a league often obsessed with height, arm talent, and athleticism, the Browns have zigged while others zagged, betting on Gabriel\u2019s mental processing as his superpower.<\/p>\n<p>Football Insider newsletter free trial: Take a minute and <a href=\"https:\/\/link.cleveland.com\/join\/6fe\/newsletter-football-insider-sign-up-emailform\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sign up for a free trial<\/a> of our Football Insider newsletter, featuring exclusive content from cleveland.com&#8217;s Browns reporters.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 The Cleveland Browns\u2019 selection of Dillon Gabriel with the 94th overall pick left many analysts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,29284,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-211567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-veterans-minicamp-2025","12":"tag-clevelandbrowns","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114862920662602896","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}