Foote is horrible!

[SidSmythe]

They might be, but you find your way too them often.

I'm a bully, what can i say ??

[Eddie Spaghetti]

Woo hoo , a mlb in A 4-3 defense with 99 tackles oh that's impressive.

but thats not what you said.

you said he didnt even contribute.

[Steelhere10]

but thats not what you said.

you said he didnt even contribute.

You are correct , I should have said barely. I'm to lazy too look it up but I'm willing to bet that is bottom 5 of all the teams that run a 4-3 that played 14 games and if I'm wrong , there will be nothing else said from me about him. Scouts honor lol

[hawaiiansteel]

You are correct , I should have said barely.

you think averaging over 7 tackles a game is "barely contributing"?

I would say Larry Foote contributed "quite a bit" when he played for the Lions in 2009.

[NorthCoast]

Foote currently ranks 31st among all LBs for total tackles and 28th for solo tackles.

[hawaiiansteel]

Foote currently ranks 31st among all LBs for total tackles and 28th for solo tackles.

sounds about right as Foote is an average LB, not great and certainly not horrible.

[Steelhere10]

Foote currently ranks 31st among all LBs for total tackles and 28th for solo tackles.

Thanks NC.

[hawaiiansteel]

Thanks NC.

there are about 100 starting LBers in the NFL, Larry Foote ranking in the top third in tackles doesn't help your argument that Foote is horrible.

[Slapstick]

..but it's ok. Two more losses and we are in the Manti T'eo hunt.

I am as impressed by Te'o as anyone, but he should not even be a blip on our radar screen at this point...

We may want to consider:

1) A RB who will actually hold onto the ball...

2) A deep threat WR who actually wants to catch the ball...

3) A backup QB who can actually throw the ball...

...before we consider Manti Te'o...

[Steelhere10]

there are about 100 starting LBers in the NFL, Larry Foote ranking in the top third in tackles doesn't help your argument that Foote is horrible.

Dude i hope you're not even counting Olb especially in a 3-4 defense their not even designed to make tackles. You will never / rarely see Harrison or Woodley leading the team in tackles If you are , there's no need to debate with you stick to copy and pasting articles!

[Steelhere10]

It's also funny on a website that I respect a great amount that watches countless hours of game footage mentioned three linebackers as his winners and none of their name was Foote.

[anger 82&95]

Focusing on Foote’s play yesterday is akin to worrying about a pimple when you’ve just been bitten by a Black Mamba. He may be an average linebacker, but it was the offense that was utterly and entirely useless yesterday. In reality, Batch, i.e., Methuselah, looked like he was throwing wiffle balls in a wind tunnel.

[feltdizz]

It's also funny on a website that I respect a great amount that watches countless hours of game footage mentioned three linebackers as his winners and none of their name was Foote.

I laugh out loud at this

[Sugar]

Focusing on Foote’s play yesterday is akin to worrying about a pimple when you’ve just been bitten by a Black Mamba. He may be an average linebacker, but it was the offense that was utterly and entirely useless yesterday. In reality, Batch, i.e., Methuselah, looked like he was throwing wiffle balls in a wind tunnel.

This is spot on. The Offense was the problem yesterday. The Defense did it's job and did it well. The fact that they held as well as they did was admirable.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Especially when both TD's came off a 10 yard drive and a 31 yard drive after the OFFENSE fumbled in our own territory.
Lets blame the DEFENSE!! Brilliant.

Yup...when your team is MINUS SEVEN in turnover differential, that typically means that you lose something like 45-10.

The fact that we were within 6 points at the end, in spite of our offense handing the opposition tremendous field position again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again, meant that our defensive effort yesterday was absolutely HUGE. We had ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS being in that game at all based on how pitiful our offense was, but our defense still somehow kept us in the game until the very end. Props to everyone on our defense (including Larry Foote, who had a tremendous strip of the ball from Richardson late in the game that everyone agrees should have been rule a fumble at a crucial stage of the game).