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Heavily favored to earn the starting job after taking over for Colt McCoy last season, Gilbert...

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Heavily favored to earn the starting job after taking over for Colt McCoy last season, Gilbert threw two interceptions during live action at DKR Saturday evening, continuing a disturbing trend that began when he threw four picks against Alabama in the national championship game, carried over into the 2010 season with 17 interceptions, and did not abate in the spring game with another poor decision resulting in a Bryant Jackson takeaway. Gilbert only picked up one first down during his time and the field and, according to Barking Carnival, showed the poor body language that often defined his time on the field last season. Equally familiar was the nature of those interceptions. On one, freshman defensive end Cedric Reed deflected and intercepted a pass, a sign that Gilbert still has trouble anticipating the development of passing lanes, something that Colt McCoy always did extremely well at Texas. On the second, sophomore linebacker Keenan Robinson dropped deep into coverage and made an "NFL-caliber play" on the ball. For some quarterbacks, that might be easy to forgive. But for Gilbert, it represents just another data point in a disturbing trend of failing to see underneath defenders dropping into coverage.

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