Friday Notes: Larry Foote Wants to Join the Lions?

by Sean Yuille on Jan 30, 2009 1:11 AM EST in Notes Comment 8 comments

According to a friend of Steelers linebacker Larry Foote, he wants to sign with the Lions after this season. Foote will be a free agent and is a Detroit native, and apparently he wants to play for four seasons in Detroit before retiring. Foote's reasoning for coming to the Lions seems to be that he wants to give back to the Detroit community and wants to play in his hometown. I'm all for signing him if he wants to come here. Foote is a great player and it would be cool to have a hometown player on the team that cares so much about the city of Detroit.
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There's also a contest

at The Detroit News to design a new logo for the Lions. I don’t agree with this at all. Just get rid of the black uniforms and definitely keep the Honolulu Blue and Silver as well as the leaping lion.

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by Jettero2112 on Jan 30, 2009 7:46 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I agree about Foote!!!

Id love for Larry Foote to come play here. As for the new uni thing I dont like it. I love our unis the way they are now. And whats this about the practice thing. Are they gonna stop the open practices??? If they do thats BS, I love taking my kids down to Allen Park to watch them practice then getting autographs from most of the players.

by JohnWayne506th on Jan 30, 2009 8:49 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mel Kiper

Is an idiot. Seriously, Kowalski points out what I think is Kiper’s number one fault is. He falls in love with a guy and ignores all criticisms that follow. I have seen enough professional mocks from SI, CBS and others to know that other experts don’t see the Lions drafting Stafford. My reasoning for not wanting Stafford is the constant criticism I hear that he is a bad decision maker. Kiper only talks about his arm. I hope Mayhew will not be as easily influenced by guys like Mel Kiper that I believe Millen was.

by tigerfaninChicago on Jan 30, 2009 8:59 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

I believe Mel Kiper was on the BMW bandwagon, and look how that turned out.

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by Sean Yuille on Jan 30, 2009 9:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lion retreads

I personally love the fact that the Bears are picking up every former Lion they can get their hands on. First it was Kevin Jones, then Marinelli, than Furrey (and I’m sure there are others I’m forgetting). I know that their role in CHI will be different than for the lions, but it’s still kind of hilarious to watch this steady stream of former players going over there.

by sgdbw90 on Jan 30, 2009 9:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Logo Contest

If any of you actually read that link ,you’d know not to look too far into this logo contest from the Detroit Free Press. It’s just a promotion they’re putting on to give away tickets and present the winning logo in the paper. It’s strictly for the public and has nothing to do with Lions management. They may not even see the submissions. So luckily, we won’t have some goon off the streets designing our team’s logo.

by giggy09 on Jan 30, 2009 12:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs