In a different era, or under a different coaching regime, the narrative surrounding Justin Gilbert would be far different than it is today.
Gilbert, the second-year cornerback out of Oklahoma State, would be lining up each day in training camp as one of the team’s starting cornerbacks. Day after day, through good and bad, he would be with the first-team defense.
And come the season’s first game there is no doubt where he would be the starting corner opposite Joe Haden, either because Gilbert earned it or because of his status as a No.