Tony Grossi can’t PROTECT Dillon Gabriel from Shedeur Sanders no more!Pittsburg Steelers Exposed him
Tony Grossi, You Got COOKED: The Steelers Loss Debunks Your Anti-Shadur Narrative
Welcome back to the mic. I’m K Sap, and today, we’re not just dropping balls; we’re dropping accountability.
For weeks, Cleveland insiders and personalities—most notably, Tony Grossi—have pushed a narrative: Dylan Gabriel is “more ready,” he “just looks better,” and Shadur Sanders has “weak arm talent” or is too much of a media magnet. They used Sanders’ preseason sack totals to bury him while propping up the more traditional, system-fit Gabriel.
Well, after the Pittsburgh Steelers handed the Cleveland Browns a miserable 23-9 defeat, I have one question for Tony Grossi: What you got to say now?
The Dismal Truth: Gabriel Is the Checkdown Charlie You Invented
The Steelers game was the ultimate litmus test, and Gabriel didn’t just fail; he confirmed every single fear his critics had, and every supposed flaw the insiders tried to pin on Sanders.
The Checkdown Lie: The entire narrative was built on the idea that Sanders couldn’t push the ball downfield. Yet, Gabriel’s performance was “all these checkdowns.” You can’t accuse one rookie of “weak arm talent” while watching the other complete short passes for four yards a pop against a defense that wasn’t even disguised!
The Sack Hypocrisy: Grossi and others used Sanders’ five sacks in a preseason game with a makeshift line as a red flag. What happened today? Gabriel took SIX sacks with the actual starting offensive line! He was sacked six times and lost 38 yards! The pocket presence and decision-making issues are his own.
Inaccuracy Confirmed: The numbers are damning: Gabriel was 29 of 52 for 221 yards, averaging four yards per reception, for a QB rating of 63.3. That is dismal. He missed Jerry Jeudy “striding into the end zone” with an overthrow, hit Harold Fannin Jr. “right off of [his] head,” and consistently threw the deep balls “high and overthrown” or “down in the dirt.”
This is not a knock on the player; this is a straight-up indictment of the evaluation! Tony Grossi, your narrative has been destroyed by the on-field results.
The Scapegoat and The Solution
The Steelers knew the Browns had no deep threat, which is why they “stopped Judkins from running the ball” and gave the Browns nothing but “empty calories” underneath.
Garbage Time Heroics: The majority of Gabriel’s 221 passing yards came in “garbage time” when Pittsburgh was playing prevent defense and the game was already sealed. You can’t use those stats to defend him!
The Missing Element: Everyone in that organization—from the defensive backs to Mary Kay Cabot (who has now flipped her script to praise Sanders’ “pinpoint passes, the accuracy, the arm talent”)—knows what’s missing. Sanders has the ability to push the ball downfield, and “pinpoint precision passes” are his signature.
Tony Grossi, you created a narrative, and now that narrative has ruined two straight weeks of football. You can’t protect Dylan Gabriel from Shadur Sanders anymore.
We need to see Shadur Sanders, Number 12, get a shot. We need to see an offense that can actually threaten a defense and give its playmakers a chance. Because right now, under Kevin Stefanski’s simplified, checkdown scheme, “Dylan Gabriel is not a threat to beat nobody in the NFL.”
Tony Gy, we need answers. It’s time to admit you were dead wrong and give the man who has the “best balls in the NFL” a chance to prove the honest critics right.
