The National Football League announced today that current free agent cornerback Justin Gilbert has been suspended for a full year. It wasn’t that long ago that the Pittsburgh Steelers acquired Gilbert in a trade with the Cleveland Browns. This is a player who was a former first round draft pick just three years ago and now finds himself completely out of football.
For the Steelers and General Manager Kevin Colbert, it’s further proof that he, like all GMs, isn’t perfect. In recent years, Colbert has traded a late round pick for kicker Josh Scobee, cornerback Brandon Boykin and then of course Gilbert.