Marcus Gilbert allowed Elvis Dumervil to get around him. And to go right through him.
But on this day, the Steelers' right tackle wasn't allowing anything to slip by.
He stood in the locker room and faced wave after wave of cameras, microphones and reporters with pointed questions about his perfectly miserable performance Thursday in the 26-6 loss at Baltimore. The room was open to media access for a half-hour, and he was at his stall answering for 25 minutes of it.
"You're out there for 60-some snaps, and you have those two plays ... it's frustrating. It is," Gilbert was saying with the first of those waves. "You can't take those back. But you can't give them up, either. I know I've got to be better. And I will be."
He'd better be.
Because it isn't just those two plays. Gilbert allowed two sacks in the opener against the Browns, as well. That total of four ties him with the Redskins' Tyler Polumbus for most in the NFL by a tackle -- left or right -- with only two other players, the Cowboys' Doug Free and the Packers' Derek Sherrod, having as many as three. Add the two QB hurries Gilbert's given up, and you're now easily quantifying the worst offensive lineman in the league.
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