WR Santonio Holmes (Super Bowl XLIII MVP)

[Buckskin86]

Process of working Santonio Holmes into Jets offense begins against Vikings
Published: Monday, October 11, 2010
Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger Jenny Vrentas/The Star-Ledger

Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerSantonio Holmes, above, couldn?t practice with the Jets during his suspension, so he and quarterback Mark Sanchez are still working on their timing.

Santonio Holmes became amused when asked about his first NFL home. In a single breath, the wide receiver distilled his 64 games and four seasons in Pittsburgh.

?I won a Super Bowl, had my fun,? Holmes said. ?I play for the New York Jets now.?

Traded by the Steelers for a fifth-round pick in April, Holmes had been coveted by members of the Jets organization, including coach Rex Ryan, who remembered the threat Holmes had once been to his defenses when he coached in Baltimore. General manager Mike Tannenbaum even decreed on HBO?s ?Hard Knocks? that he was a ?smart S.O.B.? for making the transaction.

Tonight, for the first time this season, Holmes will take the field with the Jets. During the 26-year-old?s four-game suspension for violating the league?s substance-abuse policy, the Jets had been one of the league?s top five scoring offenses, averaging 26.5 points.

Incorporating the speedy playmaker will be a work in progress, with his role intended to expand and become more diverse over the next few weeks ? starting tonight against the Vikings, who have a displaced receiver of their own in Randy Moss.

?We have a plan,? Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said. ?We have a progression. There will be certain groups where he?s in there, groups where he?s not. But you?ll see him mixed in there with different people.?

http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2010/10/process_of_working_santonio_ho.html

The Return of Holmes Cheers Ryan, Sanchez
By SCOTT CACCIOLA

FLORHAM PARK, N.J.?Last Wednesday, Santonio Holmes awoke early to walk his dog, then made the short drive from his home to the Jets' practice facility. He had made the same trip countless times over the past month, but this one felt different. He was finally heading to practice.

"I was pretty upbeat," said Mr. Holmes, who rejoined his teammates in an official capacity last week after serving out a four-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703358504575544273720627684.html

Finally, Jets get taste of Holmes cookin'
Santonio makes Gang Green debut Monday, but speedster won't be rushed into offense
Cimini By Rich Cimini
ESPNNewYork.com

Mark Sanchez has a message for those wondering what the New York Jets' offense will look like now that Santonio Holmes is set to make his debut Monday night:

"It will be big play by committee," the quarterback said confidently.

The Jets have been waiting for this moment since April, when they stole Holmes from the Pittsburgh Steelers for a fifth-round draft pick. The gifted wide receiver came with a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy -- hence, the fire-sale price -- but there's never been much doubt about his talent.

Holmes impressed in the preseason, attended team meetings during his suspension and proclaimed himself ready for the Minnesota Vikings, who also will be unveiling a new receiver -- Randy Moss. For both teams, it's all hands on deck.

"It's football. I've been doing this since I've been 7 years old," said Holmes, a former Super Bowl MVP. "It's not like I became a professional football player yesterday. I've been playing ball since I was a kid. I've learned the ins and the outs and the ups and downs of the game. I'm on top of everything."

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/columns/story?columnist=cimini_rich&id=5672695

 

[Buckskin86]

Holmes rusty in Jets debut
Jets Blog
By MARK CANNIZZARO
October 12, 2010

Santonio Holmes made his Jets debut last night and it produced mixed results.

Holmes, who sat out the first four games of the season serving a drug suspension, had two catches for 30 yards, but he also had a couple of costly drops and a holding penalty that cost the Jets a big gain.

Holmes made his first reception as a Jet in the second quarter when he caught a quick slant pass from Mark Sanchez. Later in the quarter, though, Holmes dropped a long Sanchez pass while trying to make a twisting catch.

Getty Images
FIRST DOWN! Santonio Holmes gestures after making a first down reception during the Jets? 29-20 victory over the Vikings last night.

He followed that with a nice concentration catch for 19 yards in traffic, but a short time later dropped a pass over the middle on third down.

Holmes also had a holding penalty that negated a long Jerricho Cotchery gain on a third-down pass.

Holmes, before the game, sounded as if he was completely ready to integrate into the Jets offense.

"It's football," he said. "I've been doing this since I've been 7 years old. It's not like I became a professional football player yesterday. I've been playing ball since I was a kid. I've learned the ins and the outs and the ups and downs of the game. I'm on top of everything."

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/jets/holmes_rusty_in_jets_debut_wjBn4bjFo1EwwOOAiFkGwI#ixzz128rKEkWv

Santonio Holmes eyes 1,000-yard season despite missing time; Darrelle Revis and Calvin Pace return
BY Kevin Armstrong
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Tuesday, October 12th 2010

In late July, there was only one Jets jersey in the South Bay, Fla., house of Willie Mae Barnes, the maternal grandmother of Jets receiver Santonio Holmes. It was a white one emblazoned with the No. 4 and the last name Favre on the back. Holmes got it for her as a gift two years ago.

"I'm a fan," she said of Favre. "We're adjusting to all green all the time now."

For the first time Monday night, Barnes's grandson wore his own No. 10 Jets jersey in a regular-season game. Suspended the first four contests for violating the league's substance abuse policy, Holmes, an explosive addition to the receiving corps, ran routes at the New Meadowlands Stadium with Mark Sanchez as his quarterback.

"Santonio's one of those guys that can open it up downfield but can really take a short pass and break it open," Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer said.

Holmes told friends and family that he intends to have a 1,000-yard season despite missing the first four games. He managed 1,248 yards last season, the first time in his career, professional or collegiate at Ohio State, that he topped a thousand milestone.

He ended up with three catches for 41 yards, including a key 11-yard grab for a first down with 2:59 left.

"We were on the same page," Holmes said of QB Mark Sanchez. "He read the field and put it where he needed."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...10-10-12_holmes_sweet_home.html#ixzz128qwawnD

Santonio Holmes makes Jets debut
October, 12, 2010
By Ian Begley

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- In his first game with the New York Jets, Santonio Holmes didn't look anything like the 1,200-yard receiver the team traded for in April.

Of course, a little rust was to be expected. Holmes played his first game of 2010 on Monday night after serving a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. He had three catches for 41 yards in the Jets' 29-20 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

"I didn't feel like myself," Holmes said.

Holmes was thrown to nine times, with six coming in the first half. He spent most of the second half on the sideline.

Holmes unofficially played 26 snaps in the first half and just 10 in the second. He made a key first-down catch late in the fourth quarter on a second-and-8 with the Jets trying to run out the clock, making up for a key drop and costly holding penalty in the first half.

Holmes had an uneven, but eventful first half. He hauled in a 19-yard catch on a first-and-10 play from the Jets' 45 that brought Gang Green into Vikings territory early in the second quarter.

He then dropped a pass on third-and-9, forcing the Jets to settle for a 53-yard Nick Folk field goal.

He was also flagged for holding on third-and-15 from the Jets' 9 late in the first quarter, negating Mark Sanchez's 18-yard completion to Jerricho Cotchery. Six plays later, Holmes beat Asher Allen on a slant route over the middle for an 11-yard gain and a first down.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/2244/santonio-holmes-makes-jets-debut

 

[BuckeyeFlorida]

From SI via CNNSI http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/magazine/10/12/agent/index.html?eref=sihp

Steve and I got meetings with almost any player we wanted. Tight end Dustin Keller, an eventual first-rounder out of Purdue, paid his own way to come see us. That doesn't happen. In November 2005, Steve and I flew to Ohio State to talk to receiver Santonio Holmes. We met him outside the football building, and he said, "Listen, I want to save you the time. We don't need to meet. I've been taking money from [an agent] the last couple years, and he's been taking care of my family too."
Had it been 10 years earlier, I would have probably said, "Santonio, whatever he's paying you, I'll double it." But now, being at Gersh, I had Hollywood to sell. Let the other agents pay kids.

? Through a New York Jets spokesperson, Santonio Holmes denied taking money from any agent while in college or telling Luchs and Steve Feldman that he had taken money. Feldman confirmed to SI that Holmes told him and Luchs that an agent was paying him.

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[ScriptOhio]

Interesting tidbit about Santonio in this story:

Confessions of an agent

This story appears in the October 18, 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated
I will never forget the first time I paid a player.
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In November 2005, Steve and I flew to Ohio State to talk to receiver Santonio Holmes. We met him outside the football building, and he said, "Listen, I want to save you the time. We don't need to meet. I've been taking money from [an agent] the last couple years, and he's been taking care of my family too." Had it been 10 years earlier, I would have probably said, "Santonio, whatever he's paying you, I'll double it." But now, being at Gersh, I had Hollywood to sell. Let the other agents pay kids.
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• Through a New York Jets spokesperson, Santonio Holmes denied taking money from any agent while in college or telling Luchs and Steve Feldman that he had taken money. Feldman confirmed to SI that Holmes told him and Luchs that an agent was paying him.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...nt/index.html?xid=si_topstories#ixzz12AZxJYUr

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[Bucknut24]

well that cant be good

 

[3074326]

:ohwell:

Just what the team needs, questions about the past. Hopefully it's not a big distraction. This is disappointing.

 

[Electron Boy]

:ohwell:

Just what the team needs, questions about the past. Hopefully it's not a big distraction. This is disappointing.

but not surprising. and honestly, as much as i'd like to believe the opposite, there's a better than decent chance it's going on at OSU right now. not because Tressel and Smith aren't interested in being NCAA compliant, but because agents are ruthless and will do anything to get college talent on their side, rules be dammed.

 

[BuckWrestler141]

"Neither the schools nor the players in this story are likely to face NCAA scrutiny. The NCAA has a four-year statute of limitations on violations, and the most recent violation alleged by Luchs occurred in 2005. There are exceptions to the statute, but none appear applicable."

 

[Tonyank]

they might find this dude in a dumpster, Josh that is.

 

[dragurd]

I doubt it. if it's true that's the worst move the powers that be can make. He winds up dead and all the sudden every single thing he said was credible. They ignore it and it will fade into the background in a month or two.

 

[Tonyank]

I found the problem with this guy.....

a dyslexic Jewish kid with no college degree

No college degree.....

 

[OH10]

FWIW, its the same SI writer that accuses Kellogg/OSU of NCAA violations based upon the word of a convicted felon. In his book, he falsely claims that OSU offered the player in question a scholarship.

Not saying the allegations against Holmes aren't true. But its possible that this writer has an agenda in helping portray this agent as a whistleblower and not the scumbag he truly is in hopes of painting Ohio State in a poor light.

 

[ScriptOhio]

FWIW, its the same SI writer that accuses Kellogg/OSU of NCAA violations based upon the word of a convicted felon. In his book, he falsely claims that OSU offered the player in question a scholarship.

Not saying the allegations against Holmes aren't true. But its possible that this writer has an agenda in helping portray this agent as a whistleblower and not the scumbag he truly is in hopes of painting Ohio State in a poor light.

S/I is in the business of selling magazines...period; which unfortunately, does not necessarily require that all the reported information be factual.

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[OH10]

S/I is in the business of selling magazines...period; which unfortunately, does not necessarily require that all the reported information be factual.

:(

He wouldn't be the first writer to try and take down Ohio State. (Tom Friend/Mike Freeman)

You'd think though that they could find better sources than a father in prison and a scummy agent claiming that Holmes "said" he got paid (which is important to note b/c he could have said it just wanting this guy to go away).

 

[Buckskin86]

Former Ohio State Buckeye Santonio Holmes denies SI story claiming he took money from an agent
Published: Tuesday, October 12, 2010,
Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer

A Sports Illustrated story written with a former agent, Josh Luchs, includes allegations that 30 former college football players took money from Luchs or other agents.

One of the most recent players named in the story is former Ohio State receiver Santonio Holmes, who left Ohio State for the NFL after the 2005 season.

According to Sports Illustrated, Holmes - through a spokesperson with his current team, the New York Jets - denied that he took money from an agent while in college.

In the story, Luchs said he and partner Steve Feldman met with Holmes outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in November 2005, and that Holmes said there was no point to their pursuit of him because he'd already been taking money from an agent.

An Ohio State spokesperson said today that the Ohio State compliance office is checking into the allegations after reading the story.

It does not appear that this allegation, if true, could lead to any penalties for Ohio State. According to the NCAA manual, there is a four-year statute of limitations on allegations that would have expired in this case with Holmes.

That four-year timeframe can be extended under certain circumstances, however, including if there is evidence that a school knew of a violation and attempted to cover it up.

http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2010/10/story_alleges_former_buckeye_s.html