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The Cleveland Browns have one of the
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more interesting quarterback races in
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the NFL. And primarily that's because
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everybody wants to know about Judor
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Sanders and whether or not he is the
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biggest stealer, the biggest bust of all
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time. A lot of people want to see him
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have a sock stuck in his mouth because
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he talks too much. People don't like his
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his attitude. And there's also another
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rookie quarterback in Dylan Gabriel
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drafted in the same draft by the
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Cleveland Browns. And both those guys
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are vying for this QB2
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spot. at least whichever rookie has that
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the head start. Shador had a great first
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game didn't play in the second game due
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to injury. Dylan Gabriel did. Dylan
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Gabriel was not as impressive as Shador
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Sanders. When Dylan Gabriel was asked on
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the sideline about eliminating the
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noise, he said, "Some are entertainers
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and some are competitors and I'm a
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competitor." Many people, including
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myself, heard that and thought that
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feels like a not so valid shot at Shador
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Sanders. does it not? He's in this
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quarterback decision competition.
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Shadore clearly drops in the draft due
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at least in part to whatever he kind of
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entertainment that's always been, you
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know, the Shadore or the Sanders family
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brand. There's the now infamous shot of
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Shadore and Cam Ward doing a draft
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season, you know, pictorial together and
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Cam saying, "Man, I just want to play
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football." And Shadore kind of joking
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around about everything else about
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cutting a rap track or whatever. So, it
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feels like Dylan Gabriel is taking a
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very direct shot at I'm the football
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player, he's not. When asked to clarify
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Dylan Gabriel said, "This is an old
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quote. I've used it many times.
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Everybody in this room is an
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entertainer. That's your job. That's
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fine. I'm a competitor." And at first I
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thought, "I don't know if I'm buying
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that." And then I thought about it. I
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said, you know, at the very least I
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might give him the benefit of the doubt
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here that that's what he meant. It's a
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poor choice of words when you are in a
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battle with a guy seen as an entertainer
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in Shador Sanders. The optics are that
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Shidor the entertainer, you're the
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football guy. That's what it sounds like
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to the outside world. And maybe you need
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to be more aware of that. But when he's
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asked the question, how do you deal with
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And then he says to the media, you guys
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are the entertainers. It does to me make
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sense. The noise being
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who deserves to get the start, who
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deserve to be drafted, this guy's
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better, this guy's worse, this guy's a
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bust, this guy's a bum. All that stuff
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which is all media necess, you know,
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it's on media platforms or the voices of
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media can be viewed as the noise. That
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could be viewed as the noise. Now, is it
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a convenient explanation to, you know,
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suggest that, hey, has nothing to do
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with my teammate? Yes. But I also don't
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think Dylan Gabriel is that stupid. I'm
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going to give him the benefit of the
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doubt here. I don't think Dylan Gabriel
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on the sideline of a broadcast is being
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asked, "How do you filter out the noise
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and taking a direct shot at his draft
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classmate?" I don't think he's that
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dumb. You know, he played a lot of
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college football and I just don't think
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he would have been that stupid. So maybe
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I'm naive, but I don't think he would
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have done that. I think you'd have to be
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really stupid to do so. And I thought
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that in the context of what he was
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asked, how do you filter out the noise?
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You would say, well, the noise is
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created by entertainers. I don't have to
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worry about that because I'm on the
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other side of that that stuff. That's
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where I stand on that.
