according to usatoday
Steelers acquire CB Justin Gilbert from Browns in trade
Steelers acquire CB Justin Gilbert from Browns in trade
Cleveland Browns cornerback Justin Gilbert (21) runs back a kickoff during the first half against the Washington Redskins in a preseason NFL football game at FirstEnergy Stadium.(Photo: Ken Blaze, USA TODAY Sports)The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns are odd partners for collaboration, but the AFC North rivals agreed to a trade on Saturday.The Browns dealt cornerback Justin Gilbert to the Steelers in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018.
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as well espn
Pittsburgh Steelers acquire Justin Gilbert in trade with Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers acquire Justin Gilbert in trade with Cleveland Browns
Herm Edwards looks back at all the first round picks the Cleveland Browns missed on from 2011-2014 after cornerback Justin Gilbert was traded to the Steelers.(1:29)PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers are turning to a former top-10 pick approaching bust status for their cornerback help, acquiring Justin Gilbert in a trade with the Cleveland Browns.The Steelers send a sixth-round pick in the 2018 draft to the Browns for the rights to Gilbert, the eighth overall pick in 2014 who has managed just 39 tackles in two seasons.
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in the same way 247sports
Mike Tomlin explains why Steelers traded for CB Justin Gilbert
Mike Tomlin explains why Steelers traded for CB Justin Gilbert
Justin Gilbert was a hot-button topic during Mike Tomlin's weekly press conference, as the Steelers' coach was asked why the team gave Cleveland a sixth round pick in exchange for a player with one career interception.Here's what Tomlin had to say about the signing of Gilbert, the Browns' first round pick and the eighth overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft."You can characterize (Gilbert's) acquisition by us the same way as Ross Cockrell's a year ago," Tomlin said.
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not to mention espn
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn't care what happened to Justin Gilbert in Cleveland
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn't care what happened to Justin Gilbert in Cleveland
PITTSBURGH -- Mike Tomlin likes to say he gives new players "a helmet and an opportunity," a way to emphasize that their past is just that.He's applying that philosophy to newly acquired Justin Gilbert, a former top-10 pick whom the Cleveland Browns so desperately wanted to unload that they traded him to a divisional rival.The Steelers coach said he asked Gilbert why he thinks he's here, to which he got what he considers a satisfactory answer.
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