The Cleveland Browns hit a new low Sunday, dropping to 2-7 after a 27-20 loss to the New York Jets. They’re at the bottom of the division, searching for answers at quarterback, and running out of patience. Defensive end Myles Garrett, for one, has heard enough about the quarterback carousel.

“Frustration is frustration. Try your best not to point fingers…Quarterback direction has nothing to do with me. I’m worried about the defense and us giving up the points that we did. Who we stick with at quarterback is up to Kevin,” the defensive end said in the post-game presser.

It’s understandable. Garrett’s seen a revolving door at the position for months now. Since the offseason, the Browns have cycled through Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders. Flacco and Pickett are long gone, but the uncertainty remains. And while the offense keeps sputtering, the defense continues to do its part.

The Browns are a walking contradiction. They rank 31st in total offense at just 279.1 yards per game, but they’re third in total defense, allowing only 276.9 yards per game. In other words, they can stop almost anyone, but still can’t outscore them. For Garrett, who has already recorded 11 sacks this year, that imbalance has to be maddening.

Sunday was another example. Against a Jets team that just traded away Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner, Cleveland’s offense still couldn’t capitalize. Dillon Gabriel, the rookie, led a few promising drives but failed to finish them. The result was another game where the defense did its job, and the offense left too many points on the field.

Head Coach Kevin Stefanski has some thinking to do about the quarterback situation, but it seems like his mind is already made up. He wants to stick with Gabriel.

“This is a young player and you’re always trying to get one game better and those types of things,” he said. “We have to play better as an offense.”

Well, the fans won’t be happy about this.

Calls to start Shedeur Sanders intensify

When Joe Flacco moved on, the Cleveland Browns turned the offense over to rookie Dillon Gabriel, hoping his steady hand might stabilize things. For a while, it looked promising. Five straight games without an interception. But playing safe won’t get you so far. Through seven starts, Gabriel has just seven touchdown passes, and for a team desperate for wins, that simply isn’t enough.

Sunday’s 27-20 loss to the Jets told the same story. Gabriel finished 17-of-32 for 167 yards, took six sacks, and never found much rhythm. Some of that’s on the offensive line, sure, but part of it comes down to Gabriel’s poor mobility in the pocket.

The result? A 1–6 record as a starter and a fan base running out of patience. Which begs the question everyone’s been asking: Why not Shedeur Sanders? At this point, the Browns aren’t playing for much more than pride, and head coach Kevin Stefanski doesn’t have a lot left to lose. So why not see what the other rookie can do?

Fans have been pushing for it for weeks, but now the noise is coming from some more prominent names, too.

“How much longer do I have to watch Dillon Gabriel dink and dunk and clunk… and lose, even to the Jets… before Shedeur gets his turn???” Former ESPN host Skip Bayless wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Stefanski hoped that shifting play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Tommy Rees might spark something. It hasn’t. At this point, it feels like one of two things has to happen soon: Shedeur Sanders gets his shot, or Kevin Stefanski departs. The middle ground doesn’t seem likely.