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Maurkice Pouncey, Marcus Gilbert take rookies to dinner

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This is an offbeat item but one that holds quirky significance with me.

Instead of forcing rookies to pay thousands to take veterans to dinner, as the odd NFL custom goes, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Maurkice Pouncey and Marcus Gilbert took five undrafted rookie linemen to dinner, according to Pouncey's instagram account.