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With Foote cut by the Steelers and his desire to play for his hometown team...

???Ain???t no doubt about that,??? Foote said from his home in Michigan today, after he learned that the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers plan to release him. ???I would love to come home. My family is here. I just bought a house here. It would be great. And just to answer critics: I???m not a veteran trying to come home and cash out on my hometown team. I???m a baller first. I wouldn???t sacrifice that for nothing.???


http://www.freep.com/article/20090428/SPORTS01/90428065/1 048/SPORTS/LB+Larry+Foote+says+he+would+like+to+become+a+Lio n

...the Lions draft approach sounds better. I have a feeling that the Lions knew this cut would happen, and instead of having a rook at MLB, they figured they good fill the TE and S roles with draft picks, then possibly sign Foote to play in the middle.

If they play a 4-3, that would give them Peterson, Foote and sims as their linebacking core. The next fix will be to get someone who can pressure the quarterback, and another wide body to fill the holes up front.