Sheldon Brown wants to be traded

[Feva]

Ha!

[SunMo]

this just proves one thing, Asante is a hilarious mother farger

[General_Failure]

Or they saw Jim Johnson's "No Fatties" bumper sticker.

[PhillyPhreak54]

 

[Munson]

*awaits someone's hilarious photochop*

[Rome]

Steelers cut LB Foote, who wants more playing time

May 4, 6:30 pm EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP)—The Pittsburgh Steelers released starting inside linebacker Larry Foote on Monday, a move expected since Foote asked to be traded or cut.

Foote has started every Steelers game for five seasons, including their Super Bowl victories last season and after the 2005 season. But he was unhappy with coming off the field on passing downs for Lawrence Timmons, a 2007 first-round draft pick.

With Timmons ready to start, Foote told the Steelers last week he wanted to be traded or released. The Steelers cut him after failing to find a team willing to deal a draft pick for him.

Foote was due to make $2.885 million in the final season of his contract, but the Steelers no longer owe him the money.

"Larry has been a big part of our success but, unfortunately, the realities of the salary cap made this decision inevitable," Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert said in a statement. "We wish Larry and his family nothing but the best as he moves forward with his career."

Foote, a fourth-round draft pick in 2002, had three interceptions and 14 1/2 sacks in seven seasons with Pittsburgh.

So, wait... a five-year starter gets released from his contract?  This is inconceivable!  I thought contracts were two-way streets?

Umpossible!

[ice grillin you]

compare joe banner and andy reids comments regarding dawk sheldon and any other players that have left or want to leave to the following statement....and you wonder why one organization is considered the gold standard and one isnt


"Larry has been a big part of our success but, unfortunately, the realities of the salary cap made this decision inevitable," Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert said in a statement. "We wish Larry and his family nothing but the best as he moves forward with his career."

[Rome]

Translation:

We ain't paying that bitch another dime 'cause we got someone cheaper.  But best of luck to him.

[mussa]

GET FOOTE

[Displaced]

GET FOOTE

It hadda be said.

[QB Eagles]

Foote wasn't asking for more money. He was asking for more playing time. The Steelers tried to trade him but couldn't even get a 7th rounder.

He'll probably be signing with the Lions (his first choice) before the end of the week.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Vincent: Sheldon, Birds will put differences aside

I spoke with former Eagles cornerback Troy Vincent over the weekend about Sheldon Brown's unhappiness over his contract situation. I'll elaborate more on the subject in Tuesday's Daily News.

But Vincent, a good friend of Brown's, is fairly confident that this situation isn't going to fester and be a locker room distraction for the team like Lito Sheppard's situation was last year or the Terrell Owens soap opera in 2005.

``I would be very surprised if I saw anything more in the newspapers about it,'' said Vincent. ``When I saw it last year at this time (with Sheppard), and as it moved forward, it never surprised me. Because you could see by the tone and by the comments that there was more coming. That this wasn't going to end. That is was going to go through the entire season. That it would be part of the locker room. I don't see that (with Sheldon).''

Unlike the easily distracted Sheppard, Vincent believes Brown can put his differences with the front-office aside and focus on football.

``Some of us carry things with us and let it affect the way we perform our job, let it affect the way we interact with the people around us,'' he said. ``Some let it affect every aspect of their lives; how they treat people, how they treat their teammates, how they respond at home.

``I don't see that with Sheldon. I have never seen that side of him. I don't think it's there. I've known him for 8-9 years. If I haven't seen any of those characteristics so far, it would greatly surprise me if I saw anything different now.

``There's been something every offseason (with the Eagles) by someone who's been unhappy. Some kind of issue of this sort that becomes an issue in the locker room moving forward. Through June, July, August and into the regular season. I think there are ways you can avoid that. You have to communicate. Joe (Banner) and Andy (Reid) understand now how Sheldon feels and Sheldon understands their position. With that being said, I believe they'll get to a place where it will be mutually beneficial for all parties.''

[Rome]

All the Eagles have to do is guarantee some of the money that's owed Sheldon from here on out.  They won't because Banner's a scumbag piece of shtein weasel motherfarger and Lurie is too much of a bitch to slap the smirk off his face.

[QB Eagles]

With that being said, I believe they'll get to a place where it will be mutually beneficial for all parties.

Someone tell Vincent he didn't win the NFLPA job.

[General_Failure]

I guess Vincent retired from concussions, because he really doesn't recall how the Eagles handle business.