Trade: [CLE/PIT] Justin Gilbert to the Steelers

[Marc the Habs Fan]

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[Dominator13]

Oh. That could pay off big for Pittsburgh if Gilbert pans out.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Browns continue to Brown.

 

[Bonzai12]

Fire sale in Cleveland, and the season hasn't even began!

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Oh. That could pay off big for Pittsburgh if Gilbert pans out.

Its not hockey. Gilbert has limited upside. Stiff hipped.

 

[GKJ]

 

[Avs_19]

I want to laugh at the Browns drafting and the Steelers giving up anything of value to acquire him but my team just traded a 1st and 4th for Sam Bradford so I won't.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

per ESPN the Browns will receive a 2018 6th round pick.

EDIT: nevermind. I cant read.

 

[Evincar]

I want to laugh at the Browns drafting and the Steelers giving up anything of value to acquire him but my team just traded a 1st and 4th for Sam Bradford so I won't.

Its a 6th rounder. So its basically nothing.

Good move for both teams.

 

[MAHJ71]

Giving away former 1st rounders for peanuts. Usually works out well.

 

[Shockmaster]

Its a 6th rounder. So its basically nothing.

Good move for both teams.

A 6th rounder in 2018. Low risk move by the Steelers.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Browns continue to hoard those 6th round picks.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Taylor: Sucked
Richardson: Had like, one really solid year, then apparently lost his eyesite.
B. Weeden: Was literally 46 years old on draft day. Obviously sucked yet somehow still has a job in the league
B. Mingo: One good year, sucked since
J. Gilbert: Sucked, is a malcontent
Manziel: Same as above

That's some grade A drafting right there. Different front offices and yet they all seem to have the uncanny ability to totally botch draft picks.

This team has taken like 3 good players in their last 10 first round picks (Mack, Thomas, Haden)

 

[m9]

That's on their development just as much as it is their scouting. The QBs (Manziel & Weeden) were poor draft picks from the start but many of the others just didn't develop.

 

[missingmika]

Sammy Watkins for Cameron Erving, Justin Gilbert and a 4th round safety. Ouch.

 

[Evincar]

Sammy Watkins for Cameron Erving, Justin Gilbert and a 4th round safety. Ouch.

They did the same thing with Julio Jones. They werent bad trades, they just picked the wrong players.

 

[Voight]

They would have great recent draft history is Haslam didn't have a trigger finger mentality when it comes to personnel. Heckert, Lombardi, Farmer.. mixed in with Shurmur, Chudzinski & Pettine. Can;t expect to draft well when your constantly changing up the decision makers.

At least now by all accounts Jackson isn't going to Haslam-ed like everyone before him, seems like they are intent on giving him 4-5 seasons.

 

[Bonzai12]

they should give jackson all the authority - he's the only sane person in that clubhouse

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Thats what the Raiders did and it went terribly.

 

[Bonzai12]

One season .500 football under Hue for the raiders

He's not Ron Wolf, but I don't think you could call that a disaster or that one season is even enough to rebuild a team. kinda harsh.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

One season .500 football under Hue for the raiders

He's not Ron Wolf, but I don't think you could call that a disaster or that one season is even enough to rebuild a team. kinda harsh.

They had their best season since 2002 under Jackson so that was an odd comment to make.

 

[Live in the Now]

One season .500 football under Hue for the raiders

He's not Ron Wolf, but I don't think you could call that a disaster or that one season is even enough to rebuild a team. kinda harsh.

He traded all of their picks, so there was no way for him to ever rebuild the team.

 

[Bonzai12]

Yeah but he brought in Carson Palmer with some of those picks - Jackson was actually putting the Raiders on a pretty good path.

 

[Voight]

One season .500 football under Hue for the raiders

He's not Ron Wolf, but I don't think you could call that a disaster or that one season is even enough to rebuild a team. kinda harsh.

Honestly the only reason he got fired os McKenzie wanted to hire his own coach, and full control over football ops.

 

[Troy McClure]

That's on their development just as much as it is their scouting. The QBs (Manziel & Weeden) were poor draft picks from the start but many of the others just didn't develop.

Gilbert was poor drafting. Word is the Browns didn't even interview him.

It turns out the guy has some real mental/personal problems that keep him from focusing on football. He's just not all that interested in the game. Maybe an interview would have revealed it. Maybe not, but there were teams who moved him down quite a bit after talking to him.