"Shedeur Sanders slowly ending careers" - NFL fans react as Dillon Gabriel & Deshaun Watson's reaction goes viral during Browns-Panthers game

The Cleveland Browns considered Dillon Gabriel a more promising quarterback prospect than Shedeur Sanders and selected him in the third round, two rounds before Deion Sanders' son.

But it was Sanders who made the better first impression, producing a solid performance in the Browns' first preseason game against the Carolina Panthers on Friday.

Towards the end of the second half, cameras caught Gabriel and injured veteran Deshaun Watson sitting on the sideline at the Bank of America Stadium, watching their teammate complete 11 of 18 attempts for 103 yards and two touchdowns to Kaden Davis.

Many fans felt Watson and Gabriel looked dejected to see their rookie teammate excel on his first Browns start.

"Shedeur Sanders slowly ending careers lol," one fan commented with a picture of Watson and Gabriel.

The tweet has garnered 4.6 million views.

Other fans echoed a similar sentiment.

KawHIM2 ひ

@Crenshaw_White2

@BigTymeSport Nah he’s pissed 😭😭😭

Denny

@Wrestlegirl215

@BigTymeSport The whole front office mad asf right now lmao

deprogram

@D3program

@BigTymeSport lol 😂 QB 1 is solidified

The Prosecutor

@TheProsecutor15

@BigTymeSport If I'm Gabriel, I get up and sit somewhere else

Troll Hunter

@JoshuaSaun52145

@BigTymeSport A picture speaks a 1000 words. Haha, Flacco is over there happy as a pig in shit. He is so stoked that Sanders is crushing it. Love that and so so telling

Sanders lasted until just over two minutes left in the third quarter, when he was subbed out for Tyler Huntley.

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Insider rips Browns' treatment of Dillon Gabriel as rookie loses ground to Shedeur Sanders

On "The Ken Carman Show," Daryl Ruiter criticized the Browns’ approach to developing Dillon Gabriel.

“The Browns aren’t treating Dillon Gabriel like a third-round pick… They’re treating him like a first-round pick. There are practices with a full, healthy quarterback room where he’s first up in 11-on-11, and that’s not just training camp… So that’s why I’ve been so harsh on him.”

He outlined an ideal quarterback hierarchy for the team come the regular season, one without Shedeur Sanders, whom he claimed was never supposed to be in the plans:

“It should be Joe Flacco, Week 1. Then, if circumstances dictate, you go to Kenny Pickett. Then, if circumstances dictate, you go to Dillon Gabriel…”

Meanwhile, The Athletic’s John Breech claimed that, shortly after trading up for Sanders, general manager Andrew Berry rejected multiple offers to trade away Gabriel. This made the Browns the first team in 13 years to have two rookie quarterbacks after the draft. Washington was in a similar situation in 2012 with Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins.

Earlier this week, the Browns signed former Pro Bowler Tyler Huntley after both rookies suffered injuries during training camp, bringing their quarterback room to six players.