WATFORD, England – The Browns wrap up their Week 5 preparation with a final walkthrough on Saturday before they face the Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.

The Browns are playing in their first international game since 2017, when they also faced the Vikings.

"It's a privilege for us to be over here playing in this series," head coach Kevin Stefanski said. "It's a special thing for our league, for our organization, so we take it very seriously that we get this honor to be over here. So, it's a great experience for our players, obviously being here, and they've handled it really well, as you'd imagine. […] I thought the guys did a really nice job. So, huge challenge this week against a good football team, a team that we have a lot of respect for, just from their players, their coaches. It's going to be a very, very big challenge for our football team, but I'm excited for these guys."

Here are three burning questions ahead of Sunday's game.

How will Dillon Gabriel lead the offense in his first career start?

The Browns will have a new quarterback under center when they face the Vikings in Week 5, as rookie QB Dillon Gabriel will get his first start of the regular season.

"Excited about the opportunity for Dillon (Gabriel) and obviously talking with Kevin (Stefanski) and throughout the week on it, felt like it was the right time for it," offensive coordinator Tommy Rees said. "He's put in a lot of work to put himself ready to play, so guys have rallied around him. We've all got to do our part to help elevate the play of the quarterback and get the quarterback playing well. So, I know Dillon's been chomping at the bit, and Joe (Flacco) has been there every step of the way to help support him through this process and get him ready on this week here in London and getting ready to play Minnesota (Vikings)."

As Gabriel steps into his new role, Rees said they can tailor their offense to Gabriel's skill set to help build confidence and a high level of comfort. One of the ways in which they must tailor the offense is to Gabriel throwing left-handed. Rees said they have to flip the mindset on certain calls to accommodate.

"But we do train our guys to have to do a keeper left, do a keeper right," Rees said. "Do some things that you typically wouldn't ask a righty to do, we are going to ask him to do that, so you don't limit what the playbook entails. So, for Dillon, he's done all these things. Are there certain things here and there that you got to maybe think about? Sure. But it really doesn't change a lot in what you're doing."

Gabriel said he has utilized extra conversations and meetings with Rees as part of his preparation for Week 5 to understand what their offensive goals are at a high level. He jas also used film, walkthroughs and being able to look at the play call, say the play and go through the progression to help instill a high level of comfort and confidence.

"There's a lot of comfort in the scheme because that's part of why they got me here is I've done it before," Gabriel said. "And I think the confidence in that is now you're learning new personnel, new people, but you come together and have ultimate confidence in the whole concepts that we run."

How will the Browns limit Justin Jefferson?

Defensively, the Browns have another strong matchup with the receiving corps of Minnesota in Jordan Addison and Justin Jefferson.

Jefferson leads the Vikings with 326 receiving yards this season on 31 targets. He has a team-high 22 receptions and has scored one receiving touchdown through the first four games of the season. For defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, he sees Jefferson as being a solid route runner, who has great hands, can run after the catch has size and has speed.

"He's checking all those boxes and then the final check is productivity, and everybody knows he wears number 18 and it's easy to find him, but he's still able to be productive," Schwartz said. "He's just a really, really good all-around player and we need to know where he is throughout the game, but particularly on third down."

For S Grant Delpit, who will play a role in limiting the success of Jefferson in the pass game, there is friendly competition in being able to defend Jefferson as former collegiate teammates at LSU.

"I think we all know his like catch radius is crazy," Delpit said. "I think that any ball in the facility, he has a good chance to come down with it. Great hands, you see the one hand catches. He has a unique way of running. It's different than Ja'Marr (Chase), but him and Ja'Marr, I think they're top two in the league."

How will the offensive line protect Gabriel?

With a rookie left-handed quarterback comes the importance of the offensive line to project his blind side. LG Joel Bitonio said many of their plays have a two-way go, so it doesn't quite change the plays as much for the offense. However, as a unit, they have to help keep his pocket clean so he can make his throws in his first NFL start.

For Bitonio, that begins with the middle of the offensive line in C Ethan Pocic, RG Wyatt Teller and himself. The three have played together a trio since Pocic joined the Browns in 2022 – with Bitonio and Teller playing with one another since 2019. Over their four seasons together, the three have developed different ways that they communicate information to one another and have learned one another's tendencies.

"We want to stay stable in the middle, especially for Dillon (Gabriel) so he can step up and make those plays," Bitonio said. "(Ethan) Pocic kind of runs the ship and me and (Wyatt) Teller try and help what we can, but it's a good group in the middle and we're just trying to be the best we can so everybody else around us can be successful."

The Browns continue to work through their tackle situation, with RT Jack Conklin listed as questionable with an elbow injury. He was a full participant in Friday's practice. If Conklin is able to play, he will add another veteran piece to the offensive that has played alongside Bitonio, Teller and Pocic for the same amount of time– strengthening their communication as a unit.

They have different options for left tackle with Cornelius Lucas and KT Leveston both seeing game action at left tackle in previous weeks. Cleveland signed Thayer Munford Jr. from the Patriots practice squad and traded for Cam Robinson – who has experience at left tackle. Stefanski said they have used the past few days of practice to work through the right combination for the offensive line as they monitor health statuses as they solidify their starting tackles for Week 5.

"He's done a nice job in everything we've asked him to do," Stefanski said of Robinson on Oct. 3. "He's very intelligent, he's played in a bunch of different systems. He's played over here quite a bit, so he's kind of giving everybody tips of London. But he's coming along, so we'll see."