Steelers give Holmes to the Jets

The Steelers are mad and they aren't taking it anymore: just a few weeks after allegedly throwing a glass at a woman in a nightclub and with the prospect of a four-game suspension for continued marijuana use ("wake and bake!!"), Pittsburgh has traded Santonio Holmes to the Jets for the 155th pick in the upcoming draft.

Holmes is 26 years old. He had 79 catches for 1,248 yards and 5 touchdowns last season. He was the MVP of Super Bowl 43. And the Steelers have traded him. For a fifth-round pick.

Ben Roethlisberger is in the midst of his second sexual assault accusation in a year and ESPN is reporting that charges will not be brought upon him when the DA in Georgia announces his decision tomorrow. Is he the next to go? Probably not.

In America, people that are more difficult to replace get more chances. Replacing Holmes will be relatively easy. Replacing one of the four best quarterbacks in the NFL? Not so much. So Roethlisberger--the first consistently above-average quarterback the Steelers have had since Terry Bradshaw--will be around for the foreseeable future while Holmes is a Jet.

By the way, the Jets have acquired three players of questionable character--Braylon Edwards, Antonio Cromartie and now Holmes--since last October. They're clearly going for it this year (though I don't believe LaDainian Tomlinson will be any help to them at all) if these guys don't bring them down first.