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WR Santonio Holmes (Super Bowl XLIII MVP)

osucollegebuck;1689118; said:
People rationalizing this makes me laugh. Getting rid of a superbowl MVP for a draft pick who will most likely get cut or rarely see the field is insane!!!!

He has been in trouble 5 times in four years. He is in the last year of his contract and will be wanting to get big money. Trade him while you can get soemthing for him because it is obvious he will get in trouble for the 6th time as the first four times he was in trouble he didnt learn anything.

5th rounder for a pretty good player that will miss 1/4 of the season and then leave is pretty good. Rent a player.
 
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3074326;1689119; said:
Beyond awful for the Steelers. A 5th round pick for a starter on every team in the league (a number 2 on many, but still). Terrible, even if he will be suspended. He's a very productive receiver. Great pickup by the Jets.

Yeah, the Steelers don't have a clue, and don't have a good track record at all, when it comes to personnel decisions. :roll2:
 
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He has been in trouble 5 times in four years. He is in the last year of his contract and will be wanting to get big money. Trade him while you can get soemthing for him because it is obvious he will get in trouble for the 6th time as the first four times he was in trouble he didnt learn anything.

5th rounder for a pretty good player that will miss 1/4 of the season and then leave is pretty good. Rent a player.
then why not get something?
 
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I thought before this trade that the Jets could be a very good team next year. They've had some great trades already this offseason and now Santonio? Damn.
I'm not gonna call the Steelers idiots though. They've got a lot of bad publicity lately with Ben Rothensdfkdjfsberger and Santonio. It's not hard for me to believe that other teams were reluctant on offering more for Santonio given his current issues but 5th round seems like a steal!
 
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I don't know how anyone can fault the Steelers in this when Santonio gets on the internet and publically tells the world he's getting ready to smoke pot.

It's not great for trade leverage when the player has been arrested for marijuana before, among other things, and still feels the urge to get on a public website used by millions of people and say "wake n' bake :)"...I'm shocked at the stupidity, and it may have been enough to get him suspended for 4 games under the policy and drug code.

Combine Santonio's idiotic behavior with the fact he's a free-agent at the end of the season, and I think people are over-estimating his value. He's a major at-risk player who has the option of walking at the end of the season and he may miss the first 4 games of the season.
 
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Off the top of my head the one real mistake I can remember the Steelers FO making was letting Woodson go thinking he was washed up. Also recently they let Faneca go to the Jets but that was purely about money, they simply couldn't afford him.

Other than those two, I honestly don't recall anyone else the Steelers have traded/released that I watched and said "damn I wish we had him back". Maybe Santonio will be #3 but something tells me they'll find a way to keep on winning. This is the NFL version of just trusting the coaches/front office on this one for me.

I just hope Santonio pulls his head out of his ass career wise. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see the commish will put the hammer down for serial stupidity and that next young stud WR will be along to make them forget about you in a heart beat.
 
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billmac91;1689205; said:
It's not great for trade leverage when ...
Holmes has certainly done enough to damage his stock, but even with this being his final year and facing a four-game suspension, as long as owners like Jerry Jones and Al Davis have a pulse, they will pay far above a 5th round picks' value (E.g., None) for a #1 WR with a troubled past.

Pittsburgh settling for a 5th rounder sounds like they didn't even bother to shop around and field offers.
 
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he is braylons teammate now....lol Mr Dropsies just lost his starting job.

5th round lulz......

Dude is a #1 WR on at least 20 teams.....off field problems aside yes but WOW

I guess as the accusing woman doesnt press charges, you dont get traded
 
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Dryden;1689240; said:
Pittsburgh settling for a 5th rounder sounds like they didn't even bother to shop around and field offers.

Which doesn't exactly sound like the Steelers front office.

It will be interesting as hell to see what comes of this, that's for sure.
 
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Tonyank;1689250; said:
he is braylons teammate now....lol Mr Dropsies just lost his starting job.

5th round lulz......

Dude is a #1 WR on at least 20 teams.....off field problems aside yes but WOW

I guess as the accusing woman doesnt press charges, you dont get traded


Just a theory but I think this has more to do with his twitter account and admitting marijuana use. He was suspsended a game last year for being arrested on joints in his vehicle, and he vowed to stay out of trouble. Then this woman accuser comes out about him hitting her with a glass, but it doesn't sound like he'll get charged with anything...but out of the blue in the midst of this issue, he goes on Twitter and talks about waking and baking. Idiotic. Besides the stupidity of smoking marijuana when you're in the substance abuse program, to announce it to the world is just taking it to another level. It's as if he wanted kicked off the team and deeper troubles. What good can come from announcing that you've woken up and are ready to smoke a joint/hit the bowl?? Seriously...
 
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