Lions linebacker Larry Foote says that the Steelers, his former team, "screwed" him. "They screwed me a little bit," Foote said Wednesday during a conference call with the media. The Steelers drafted Lawrence Timmons a few years ago and Foote asked the team to release him as he saw the writing on the wall. He was concerned that he'd have to take a pay cut later as his role was reduced. "That was my concern," Foote said. "I heard through the league that stuff like that happens, but they reassured me that that was not going to happen. "When I talked to Mike Tomlin, they told me that we were going to do the same things as last year; Timmons was going to play on third down, you are going to be in our base and they were telling me that we aren't going to release you and you aren't going to take a pay cut. So they told me that and I only have got to take his word, he never lied to me before, but I know this is a business."