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Steelers linebacker Dupree attracting attention for his fights, improvement on field

When they’re not fighting with him, tackles Marcus Gilbert and Kelvin Beachum share more than the same Steelers uniform with rookie linebacker Bud Dupree.

They share their secrets.

“We go against some of the top pass rushers every weekend,” Gilbert said. “We see it, so we try to give him little details, insight, what he can improve, what’s not working for him and what he can get better at.”

Those were not the kinds of words of advice from Beachum and Gilbert that sparked the Bud Light-Up during practice Wednesday afternoon, in which Dupree took on both tackles on separate occasions in a scrum that eventually prompted Mike Tomlin to toss him out of the drill.