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Steelers Release Former Browns First-Round Pick CB Justin Gilbert

It didn’t take the Browns rivals the Steelers all that long to realize that former first-round pick Justin Gilbert is simply not NFL material, as it took them just a season to decide he wasn’t worth a roster spot, releasing him today.

Wow. #Steelers release CB Justin Gilbert. Remember: the Browns made him the 8th overall pick less than three years ago.

— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) February 6, 2017

Gilbert didn’t do all that much for the Steelers after the Browns traded him to Pittsburgh in a rare inter-divisional move in early September.