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PITTSBURGH -- After his first practice with the Pittsburgh Steelers, cornerback Justin Gilbert sounded like a guy relieved to reset his turbulent career.The Cleveland Browns on Saturday traded Gilbert, the No. 8 overall pick in 2014, to corner-needy Pittsburgh in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018.Words cant even explain how excited I am, Gilbert said Monday. Im grateful.Gilbert hopes to turn that gratitude into a more stable NFL career. Gilbert fell out of favor in Cleveland and managed 39 tackles in two seasons. He struggled with punctuality as a rookie, prompting Browns safety Donte Whitner to say publicly Gilbert needed to grow up.Two seasons later, Gilbert is using similar language.Just growing up off the field, Gilbert said, regarding how he plans to improve his professionalism in Pittsburgh. Its a lot of things that can distract you when you come in fresh out of college. After a year in the league, not getting done what I wanted to get done the first season, it changed me and made me a new man, for sure.Gilbert declined specifics about those distractions, but overall he attributed his struggles in Cleveland to lack of consistency and now knows he has to prepare like a pro every week.Gilbert impressed teammates with his footwork in a practice drill Monday, but Gilbert was always a fluid athlete. To advance his career, hell have to show he can thrive in Pittsburghs winning culture.Gilbert considers Pittsburghs locker room a little more laid back than Clevelands. Gilbert is under contract for the next two seasons at salaries of $786,682 and $970,023. He is due a roster bonus of $800,000 this year and $1.2 million next year.Everybody knows what this team is capable of, Gilbert said. On the practice field, it was a whole different level. Im excited for that every day. I just want to finish out the year here and make it to the playoffs and get to the Super Bowl. ... If Im playing good, Ill be out there.Jarrett Allen Jersey . 24 Baylor in a Big 12 clash between teams trending in opposite directions. Andrew Wiggins made 10-of-12 from the foul line and scored 17 for Kansas (14-4, 5-0 Big 12), which capped a stretch of four straight games against ranked opponents unscathed. Kenny Anderson Jersey . -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks was fined $15,570 by the NFL on Wednesday for his hit on Saints quarterback Drew Brees last Sunday. https://www.cheapnetsonline.com/745g-george-johnson-jersey-nets.html . It was the second consecutive win for the Pacers (2-5), who lost their first five preseason games. Jeff Teague led the Hawks (1-5) with 17 points and eight assists and Al Horford had 12 points and seven rebounds. Mike Scott scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. 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Atlantas players will be paid for the canceled sessions.It is the Falcons first violation of the rule, resulting in a less severe penalty than was given Seattle last month.The Seahawks were fined $400,000, will lose a fifth-round draft choice and will lose a week of OTAs as penalties for their third offense. The previous offenses came in 2012 and 2014.Falcons coach Dan Quinn was Seattles defensive coordinator in 2014, but said he didnt pattern his offseason program from what he learned while with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.Certainly I was part of the program with Pete there, but its our own program here and how we want to run things, Quinn said.We just love the competitive environment that we stress. But we want to make sure no matter what that were following the league policy and CBA guideline.An agreement between the NFL and the players association limits contact during offseason programs. The rule is designed for players safety and to prevent any team from gaininng a competitive advantage.dddddddddddd.Some leeway is allowed for incidental contact.Just in general more contact than they would have liked to have seen, Quinn said when asked about the Falcons infraction. Quinn said he plans to explore details following the season.Its a great topic and certainly one that I would like to visit during the offseason, not just with our own players but with the league, too, he said. I want to make sure Im teaching the guidelines exactly as the league set.Quinn said he didnt immediately address the penalty with his players as he hopes to avoid a distraction before Sundays game at Denver. He said it is a better discussion for the offseason.It is the second time in two years the Falcons have been penalized by the league for a rules violation.In 2015, the NFL found the Falcons pumped artificial crowd noise into the Georgia Dome in the 2013 and 2014 seasons.The league fined the Falcons $350,000, stripped the team of its fifth-round pick in the 2016 draft and suspended Rich McKay, the team president, from the NFL competition committee for almost five months.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '