you know you're football career is over when. . . smh
Steelers Release Justin Gilbert
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Had to be a punctuality/work issue like in Cleveland, along with what Thomas said. Everywhere else he proved he could be a good player. He shut Travis Kelce down in the regular season Chiefs game. He can now go hard sleep on a big pile of money.
Shame we even traded for him if it was known he didn't love the game. I've seen conflicting reports as to whether we owe him any guaranteed money or if he counts against the cap next year. The story making the rounds says his guaranteed money is voided and we will not count against the cap. All in all, waste of a 6th round pick for us and definitely adds to the need in the secondary.
I can understand not wanting to play football in Cleveland, but Pittsburgh? They know what a postseason looks like!
I don't know why this is, but here's Ed's report on the zero dead money from Gilbert. I'd have to see the way the contract was written. It may also affect the draft pick. If we dropped him so early, we either are getting a cap or draft benefit. from it:
http://www.Invalid Link - Check SN ...-no-salary-cap-ramifications-waiving-gilbert/
He will not count against the cap because his guaranteed contract was voided when he was suspended for missing meetings. The Browns have to pay his signing bonus and will count against them next year. We're off the hook. We would've had to pay his roster bonus on March 9 of 1.9 mil.
Pretty much. It was worth the risk in my opinion. We were desperate. No one knew Davis and Burns would work out so far.
I wouldn't rule out he is asked back for another look with a low cost deal. Will not hurt the team much to get a TC under his belt here, as well a camp body.
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I'm all for the no cap hit and the stains paying him too. Like some have said, we were very DESPERATE at the time. Again, he may be signed back and able to contribute. I'd think there is some sort of rule of eligibility if we signed him back to avoid the cap implications.
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Broken fingers is not a good enough excuse for not being able to catch a football? lol
just like a pulled groin is not a good excuse for not being able to run? Can't give one player a pass and not the other. Let's see what he does in his second year.
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Look at it this way. We spent a 6th round pick on him instead of the 1st rounder we potentially could have used had he slipped to us at what, 15 that year? He was a hot commodity going into the draft and the Steelers and fans were interested in him. I'd much rather lose that 6th round pick than him be our first round bust.
The problem with "bringing him to camp" was that he was owed something like a $1 million bonus in early March. They decided getting a longer look at him wasn't worth the check they would have to cut to him next month. Hard to argue with that given they've seen him up close since September and we can only guess.