Confused about Foote

by houksyndrome on Apr 28, 2009 8:04 PM EDT Comment 2 comments

First off, Foote has been a good but not great player on our defense for several years now. He was a starter on 2 SB winners. I am sad to see him go, if he is going. That being said, I don't have a problem with Foote leaving. Timmons has immense potential and I think he can make our D even better than it was before.

I do have a problem with us cutting him like this after the draft. I would have preferred to trade him for draft picks. This seems like a stupid waste. Foote, while not a star, could improve most of the defenses in this league. One would think that we could have traded him for some type of draft pick, instead of just cutting him like this. And if not a draft pick, then trade him for an OL who can come in here and compete for a job. Seems a waste of resources to just cut Foote like this. Anybody got some insight here?

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oops, there is already lots of insightful commentary on the main page. my bad.

Hopefully we can still work some sort of trade. Alternatively, can we get some sort of comp pick for him?

by houksyndrome on Apr 29, 2009 1:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

RE: oops, there is already lots of insightful commentary.....

That’s OK

I just came here to BTSC recently, and I noticed that there are other Blogs by other member in the Fanpost section. So I learned something

To answer your question, Larry asked to be traded in February, and the Steelers said that they would try to during the Draft. It fell thru. Then Larry just asked for his out-right release

Finally, I just want you and everyone else to understand that this is not the Steeler’s doing: This is all Larry Foote. When Timmons was drafted, he saw the hand-writing on the Wall 2 years ago. The Steelers want him to stay, but it makes no sense to keep someone on your team that is not happy

by Steeler Y360 Nation on Apr 29, 2009 5:04 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs