Ahh, I still can't agree with how the Steelers did him (though he holds no grudges) - Fact is Lloyd was coming back off an ACL tear in 1997...he was just getting back to his old form (won AFC Defensive player of the month award for OCT)....and then he tweaked his ankle pretty badly Vs the Eagles.....and instead of just sitting out....The Steelers team physician gave him a shot (in the ankle)...which later turned into Lloyd developing a life threatening staph infection (because of a dirty needle)...
Lloyd then battles back through that (instead of calling it quits....in which that case the Steelers would have owed him like $2.5 million)...he battles back to get clearance....and then they cut him...
That completely lost me to the Steelers....you just don't do a warrior that way.
I could live with letting go of Kevin Greene and Woodson (those were business decisions to a point...but they flat out did Lloyd wrong).
Hell, Lloyd practically willed the Steelers to the Super Bowl in 1995 (and then the offensive coordinator blew it Vs Dallas).
That wasn't just a staph infection, it was septicemia . . . staph septicemia is system-wide blood infection. Lesser men die from this condition. Lloyd was lucky to survive.
It is not unreasonable for Steelers management to doubt his ability to return to top form on a sustainable basis.