Santonio Holmes Baffled That He's out of a job

[Elias]

:stoned-smiley:

As Santonio Holmes watched scores of free agents sign contracts over the last week, he kept wondering the same thing: What about me?

Holmes told Sports Illustrated that he can’t figure out what the issue is. Holmes said he didn’t play up to his own standards after suffering a foot injury with the Jets in 2012, but he said other than that issue he’s always been healthy, and still is.

“It baffles me a little, to know that I’m not a part of any organization,” Holmes said. “It’s a gift and a curse at the same time. I say that because the gift of playing — an opportunity to be a figure in the National Football League, I enjoy. And the curse of having one injury in my entire career, people are now looking at me as if Santonio Holmes is not the guy anymore.”

Holmes said he’s working out and in good shape, and at age 31 he thinks he has plenty of good football left in him.

Still, there are questions: Holmes was widely viewed as a problem in the locker room during his time with the Jets, and he didn’t contribute much last year during a brief tenure with the Bears. There’s also the fact that Holmes has a history of legal issues, including a domestic violence arrest in 2006. That’s not going to make teams eager to sign him.

So while Holmes may be baffled that he can’t get a job, for the rest of us, it’s not all that surprising. Holmes may have run out of chances in the NFL.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/19/santonio-holmes-is-baffled-that-no-one-will-sign-him/

 

[Xmarco]

Pretty sure, healthy relationship with teammates & coaches > Tone time

 

[NYJETSDAN16]

Still baffled how much $$$ the Jets gave this good For nothing douche of a wide reciever

 

[Jets31]

He had his last chance probably with the Bears. Opportunity was there for him to step up and show something. He got cut mid season.

He isn't young, has a lot of injuries, and questionable attitude. I don't know why no one wants him. Add in the fact its been some time since he was last productive.

 

[TurboJet]

Tone was once a very good WR but his toxic attitude and selfishness did him in.
I will not miss his reception celebration: the one where he points the football towards the opponents end-zone then just drops the ball.

 

[cysporsche]

I wish Wayne Hunter RT would have body slammed him in the huddle of the Flipper game, where Rex said he knew of no problem on the field ! What ? My Wife noticed the altercation from the sofa ! Rex was not the sharpest tool in the shed ! Holmes was cancer in the Steeler locker room, that's why they dumped for a 5th.

Go Jets...Cyborg

 

[BlindsideD'Brick]

Santonio... I'm baffled that YOU'RE baffled.

 

[Elias]

I wish Wayne Hunter RT would have body slammed him in the huddle of the Flipper game, where Rex said he knew of no problem on the field ! What ? My Wife noticed the altercation from the sofa ! Rex was not the sharpest tool in the shed ! Holmes was cancer in the Steeler locker room, that's why they dumped for a 5th.

Go Jets...Cyborg

Yea -- that was awful on Rex's part not knowing what's happening on the field or in the locker room. He was just into the defense. That may be what screwed him over as a coach.

 

[Old#15]

Yea -- that was awful on Rex's part not knowing what's happening on the field or in the locker room. He was just into the defense. That may be what screwed him over as a coach.

Ryan has huge blindspots for anything but his defense, can't see that changing anytime soon.

 

[NYJDraftKing]

Santonio, maybe you should pay your next team for your roster spot ... :smiley-transport014 .... nobody is going to throw more cash your way!

 

[DonMaynard]

Santonio , try Canada !

 

[Mainejet]

If you quit on a team, that tends to be the very loudest sign against signing him. Tone quit on this team. I am positive this p*ssed off many of his teammates, and the contract was really the only reason he stuck around afterward. If the Jets could have cut him then, they would have and should have.

 

[NickSINYC]

Ryan has huge blindspots for anything but his defense, can't see that changing anytime soon.

Good for us