Steelers trying to clean up their act?

[Chi_archie]

a little toooooo little (unquarterback) and toooooo late (2nd qb rape, 2nd wr offense)


good luck Santonio. thanks for the SB TD catch/highlight...... we hardly knew ya

[krk1030]

wat

[Sandwich Killer]

How the hell do the NY Jets keep getting what seem to me as steals. The latest, Santonio Holmes for a 5th round pick. Is the NFL turning into the WWF?

[PAULYPOKER]

a little toooooo little (unquarterback) and toooooo late (2nd qb rape, 2nd wr offense) good luck Santonio. thanks for the SB TD catch/highlight...... we hardly knew ya

They won't do it to Ben for the fact he is the best they ever had in franchise history and could take another 75 years to replace him. WR's are a dime a dozen and this guy fukked up 1 to many

Fact is for Big Ben you have to create double standards

[Chi_archie]

Holmes was a steal for the Jets

[2daBank]

Holmes was a steal for the Jets

the jets are quickly becoming the best team in the NFL

[Wrigley]

Holmes was a steal for the Jets

I also like the move

[PAULYPOKER]

Holmes was a steal for the Jets

the jets are quickly becoming the best team in the NFL

Agreed

[Scorpion]

Apr 12 2010
Dumping Holmes right decision
By Bob Smizik | Monday 11:20 a.m.

I’ve been kind of playing reporter on this Santonio Holmes story since it broke late last night, trying to catch up with the news and its implications.

Let me step into my more familiar role of columnist.

I like the decision to trade Holmes to the New York Jets even if it hurts the team in the short run.

I have enough confidence in the Steelers organization to know if they felt this guy had to go -- even for a fifth-round draft choice -- it was better to get him out of here as fast as possible.

Sure, there have been other players break rules for the Steelers. But no Steelers oozed trouble the way Holmes did. Here’s what Ed Bouchette wrote on his blog on PG+ this morning:

``I’ll bet there are players already cheering in the locker room.’’

What more do you need to know.

Plaxico Burress was perceived by many as a troublemaker in his years with the Steelers. Burress was a good teammate and compared to Holmes a great teammate.

Fans are upset the Steelers didn’t get more. They Steelers got what the market would bear.

Bouchette reported this afternoon, ``The Steelers were prepared to release Holmes had they not been able to trade him, sources told the Post-Gazette today. They took the best deal they could find late Sunday night -- a fifth-round choice in the April 22-24 draft from the New York Jets. It was the best offer they received after talking to a number of other NFL teams about trading Holmes.

Let’s also not forget Holmes might be facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy.

I think the Steelers have reason to believe second-year pro Mike Wallace can step in and do the job that Holmes did. The transition might be a bit slow, but Wallace has the look of an excellent deep receiver. The problem will be the depth behind Wallace and the fact Hines Ward, the other starting wide receiver, is nearing the end of his career.

These are issues the Steelers can address in free agency and the draft. They were not going to re-sign Holmes after this season so the trade only moves these issues up a year.

Are the Steelers a better team today than they were yesterday? Probably not.

But they have a better chance of being a better team in the future by ridding themselves of a player who seemed married to trouble and who did not have the respect of his teammates.

[stealthyburrito]

the jets are quickly becoming the best team in the NFL

and complete with a slimmer, trimmer coach to boot

[Scorpion]

They drafted Holmes in the first and gave up picks to trade up for him, he would have likely brought a third if he left as a FA next year ...

They simply did not have to pull the trigger now, he isn't hurting anything now ... The least they could have done is take him into the draft, where people are in a bit of a wheeling mood ... Their quote in the paper was "we talked to SOME teams" ...

A fairly big difference in a third vs a fifth, and frankly, if all they got for him was a fifth, then holding out and just cutting him isn't tragic, cause a fifth ain't much better than nothing ...

They had time, and the teams outside of the "few" to call and see what interest was there ...

Rooney made the call to trade him!

BAD MOVE!!!!

[pat venditto]

Some athletes think they are above the law and can get away with certain shit. Sad thing is if they pay enough for a good lawyer, they probably will get away with it.