Browns Gilbert struggles mightily in Bills scrimmage

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has used the word to describe his play this summer, but the second-year cornerback has been anything but over the past week.After being by receiver in Thursday's preseason lo s to Washington, Gilbert -- last year's No. 8 overall pick -- struggled mightily in Monday's Mike Person Jersey  scrimmage against the .Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal noted that Gilbert had a "nightmare of a practice," even with Buffalo holding and out of 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 se sions.Gilbert unofficially allowed an outrageous 11 receptions, per Ulrich, giving up four balls in one-on-one drills, one in 7-on-7s and six in 11-on-11s. "Gilbert didn't break up a single pa s and surrendered a catch every time he was targeted," wrote Ulrich, who claimed that he's "never seen such a rough day.""That's Joe Staley Jersey  the life of a corner," coach Mike Pettine told reporters. "You have to have that short-term memory and be able to bounce back from a play. The best corners are confident corners, and that's something that comes from having succe s. And if he's in a little bit of a slump, it's on him. We have to help him, but he has to play his way out of it."Pettine said the team won't "overreact" to Gilbert's on-field funk, saying: "You get them to stay true to their technique. When guys get in trouble, it's when their technique starts to slip. They start to  Robbie Gould Jersey do things out of structure to overcompensate. To me, it's a trust thing. Trust his own athletic ability, trust what we're telling him and just go out and take it play to play."Gilbert entered training camp amid streams of praise from coaches and teammates. cornerback in March called Gilbert a on his way to "growing up." Gilbert acknowledged that his disastrous rookie season while his improved work ethic led secondary coach Jeff Hafley to say that the first-rounder "can start this year and play and help us win games."It's never really been about Gilbert's athletic gifts. He has all the tools to succeed, but has yet to show it on the field. Playing pre s cover in Pettine's Rex Ryan-esque defense Patrick Willis Jersey  is no easy chore, but the don't have time to wait around for the light to go on.The good news for Cleveland is that free-agent signee has delivered as a starter acro s from Haden. Second-year defender also has the faith of the coaching staff, while last year's fourth-rounder, , has after "catching everyone's attention with his on-field work and commitment to the team in the meeting rooms," per WKYC-TV's Matthew Florjancic.Hungry to build a winner, Cleveland's depth chart is based on meritocracy under Pettine. In the coach's first season, hard-working veterans and productive undrafted players started over a rash of first-rounders and expensive additions.The desperately need their collection of high draft picks to grow into a sets -- like, today -- but if Gilbert can't cut it, he isn't going to Deion Sanders Jersey  see the field come September.The latest Podcast and kicks off a week's worth of spectacular fantasy insight.