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Gholston: "I know I can play"
Posted by Mike Florio on August 1, 2009

The sixth overall pick in the 2008 draft had a rough rookie year. A healthy scratch at one point during his first NFL season, linebacker Vernon Gholston widely is regarded as, to date, a bust.

But he expresses confidence as he prepares for a season that will commence with a four-game suspension for fellow linebacker Calvin Pace.

"I know I can play," Gholston said Saturday in comments circulated by the team. "The coaches know I can play. It's just all about like I said, getting in the defense, knowing what I'm in, knowing what I play, what I got going on and stepping up and doing it."

Gholston doesn't want to dwell on the fact that it didn't happen for him a year ago.

"Did I do all I wanted to do?" Gholston said. "Probably not. But the biggest thing for me, I never look back on the past, I always look forward."

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