On the other hand, the Jets get Holmes incredibly cheaply. The Steelers will receive a fifth-round draft choice in this year's draft, a bag of old footballs, and some used jockstraps. And when Holmes is actually on the field, he's a damned good receiver. Witness the sensational catch he made in the waning seconds of the SuperBowl two years ago, which won the Steelers the world championship.
I really have mixed feelings about this trade. The Jets did need a major infusion of talent at the wide receiver position, no doubt of it. Mark Sanchez needs someone to throw to, if he is to avoid the traditional sophomore slump, and Gang Green's league-leading rush attack can only benefit if they can improve their passing offense.
They did pick up Braylon "Ooops" Edwards last year in a trade, but so far he has not shown he is the answer. There have been persistent rumors of the Jets trading for Brandon Marshall of the Broncos, and even talk of them signing Plaxico Burress once he gets out of prison. Acquiring Holmes makes all that moot.
On the other hand, I am not crazy about the Jets being the new Oakland Raiders and filling up the roster with troublemakers and low-character castoffs from other teams.
This trade is going to impact the Jets long before Santonio actually takes the field in green and white. A whole bunch of mock drafts had Gang Green selecting Notre Dame wide receiver Golden Tate in the first round when the NFL assembles in NYC at the end of the month for their annual game of high stakes Pick'em. That's looking a lot less likely this morning. Bad news for Tate, probably... but it does free the Jets to fill another area of need, now that we are set at wideout (kinda sorta).
Should be an interesting year.
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Any thoughts about last week's Sunday night trade? Donovan McNabb is Redskin red will not look right. I wanted him faraway from the NFC Beast. He will haunt the Eagles, I know it.
Eww. But hilarious.
Is it me, or are "troubled" football players more common than there used to be? Or is it that it's just much likelier that they're going to be caught performing misdeeds, or having said misdeeds reported in the media?
Can Mark Sanchez play more like he did in the playoffs and avoid a sophomore slump?
Can Braylon Hands of Stone Edwards stop dropping passes?
How long before Santonio Holmes gets in REAL trouble in the Big Apple?
The Jets could go all the way or implode terribly. They were this close to going to the Super Bowl but it took a miracle to get them into the playoffs in the first place after going 2-4 in their division.
Definitely going to interesting.
And, it looks like the Giants life just got a bit harder with McNabb going to the Redskins. He will make them better. And anything that makes the Redskins even a little better makes life for a Southwestern Giants fan a little more nerve-wracking...
And I don't think Jimmy Clausen is pleased with that trade either. Looked like the Redskins might draft him...they still might but not early...unless Snyder is a bigger idiot that we already know he is...
...That and are the Jets really ready to use another first round pick on a pass rushing OLB after the Ghoulston fiasco
I don't even wanna watch him take the hits he's gonna take. Build the lines and concentrate on running the ball / stopping the running game first, fools!
Hear me now: Colt McCoy is going to be at least twice as good as Bradford.
I think the Rams should take Bradford, the Lions should take Okung, the Buccaneers should take Suh, and the Redskins should take either Trent Williams or Bryan Bulaga (Bulaga is the better player, but Williams fits better in Shanahan's scheme).
As for the Holmes trade, not only does it fill the Jet's #2 need (apart from creating more of a pass rush) but it also came dirt cheap. Even if his problems manifest into larger ones and he ends up not being on the field, all the Jets lost were a 5th round pick (which probably would have been blown on a bust OG anyways). If the Jets are truly concerned about Holmes being on the field, they can always pick up a late-round WR like Blair White or Jordan Shipley as insurance.
The Giants really need a middle linebacker since they cut the only good one they had on the team.
Maybe the Steelers will use that 5th rounder to draft Blount, that RB from Oregon who knocked out the Boise St. Player. That could help fill the off the field drama left by Holmes.
Rex Ryan always had trouble game-planning for him as our DC(see the 2009 AFC Championship game and just about every other game that he scored TDs on us) so I think he will know just how to use him to give opposing DC's nightmares. He and Edwards are a heckuva one-two punch. So long as they can both stay out of trouble in New York, Sanchez has an incredible group of receivers to develop with (on top of one of the best offensive lines in the business).
You should be smiling widely on this one. At the end of the day even if it doesn't work out, a fifth round pick for a guy with his credentials is a steal any way you cut it.
Now if the Jets could kindly knock the NFC North down a few pegs....
He made great catches for both my Buckeyes and the Steelers.
And since his number was 4 and my daughter's number in soccer was 4, he was her favorite player.
She older now, reads the papers and he's now lost her admiration forever.
Just win, baby.