Santonio Holmes Traded To The Jets

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Why does the rest of the league continue to let the Jets get so much better? In one off-season they have signed Antonio Cromartie to go alongside Darrelle Revis for the best corner duo in the league, sign LT who will serve as a great backup RB, and now they get the Super Bowl MVP from 2 years ago to pair opposite of Braylon Edwards and now Jerricho Cotchery can move to the slot? The Jets are going to be a FORCE this season, and with Sanchez's development combined with his new weapons, the Jets will truly be #Winnin!
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ARTICLE via ESPN:
Receiver Santonio Holmes, who was traded to the New York Jets on Sunday from the Pittsburgh Steelers, will be suspended for the first four games of the 2010 season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, a source confirmed to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

The Jets acquired the talented but troubled receiver from the Steelers for a fifth-round pick in this month's draft. ESPN 1050 in New York first reported the trade, which Jets owner Woody Johnson publicly confirmed on Monday at the team's camp in Cortland, N.Y.

"He's known by members of the team," Johnson said. "Everybody has a lot of respect for him. He's tough. He's a clutch receiver. I don't think pressure gets to him in a game. We were happy to start this [relationship]."

Holmes is heading to New York Monday morning to take a physical, sources told ESPN. He will then will meet with Jets officials before the trade is officially announced.

No news conference is expected on Monday.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on Monday that according to sources, the Steelers were prepared to release Holmes had they not been able to trade him.

Holmes will have to wait to get on the field. On Saturday, ProFootballTalk.com first reported Holmes was facing a suspension. The Web site reported it was unknown whether Holmes tested positive for a prohibited substance or committed some other violation of the policy, such as missing a required test, and that the Holmes' appeal process had not been finalized.

Schefter's source told him on Monday that although the four-game suspension has not officially been announced by the NFL, it has been finalized.

Holmes, the 2009 Super Bowl MVP, gives second-year quarterback Mark Sanchez another big-time target to throw to in an offense that already included receivers Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery, promising tight end Dustin Keller and recently signed running back LaDainian Tomlinson.

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