Witness takes blame

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A witness has taken responsibility for tossing a glass at a woman at an Orlando nightclub, according to the lawyer for Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes who was first accused of attacking the woman.

An investigator tracked down the witness, who gave a sworn statement saying he threw the glass because the woman was attacking Holmes, Adam Swickle said Friday. Swickle did not identify the witness, but said it was the first person the woman's friends told police threw the glass.

"This is extortion in its purest form," Swickle said.

Anshonae Mills filed a lawsuit last month claiming Holmes threw a glass at her, cutting her above the eye. In the lawsuit, she said Holmes and a police officer intimidated her so she wouldn't press charges.

Mills changed her mind, and the case has been reopened by the Orlando police.

A phone number listed for Mills had been disconnected. Her attorney, Jacques Cooper, declined to comment.

The Orlando Police Department submitted its findings of the investigation Friday to the Osceola-Orange County State Attorney's Office, which will determine whether to file any charges against Holmes.

Orlando Police spokeswoman Sgt. Barbara Jones would not discuss details about the findings. A message left for the state attorney's office was not immediately returned.

The trade isn't surprising, the price for him is.

Correct me if I am wrong, but don't WE need a #1 WR????

What is WRONG with us???? For a 5th??? The guy was a 1st rounder! We are really starting to look stupid.

Heck, I don't blame the Steelers, but they're giving him away. I'd give our 5th round pick for him. There must be some other things going on behind the scenes.

The Jets are becoming the new Cincinatti Bengles. They're grab any talented player despite their personal problems. If their defense wasn't stocked up all ready, I think we'd see Pacman Jones there.

Dark Lord, Prince of Evil and Master of the Fourth Plane of Hell Belichick = much more of a threat than Jabba-wannabe Rappin' Rexy. Okay, so he does have the advantage of being alive, thus not needing blood plasma to extend his longevity, and does not thirst for souls, but Ryan is simply not in Belichick's league.

Tommy Tantrum, sacrificer of supermodels Brady = much more of a threat than the hot dog himself, Mr. 'I ate a weiner' Sanchez.

Now, do you think Santonio Holmes = more of a threat than Moss? I believe Holmes is a big upgrade over Edwards and Cotchery, but no I don't see him as harder to handle than Rancid Randy.

Is Edwards (who already had a shot at being the #1 guy there with Sanchez ) = more? He produced a whopping 541 yards in the 12 games he played with gangrene. Whew weee, what a torrid pace, huh? 12 games, 541 yards, that's 45 yards a game, man, he's smoking.Psssst, Ted Ginn did better than that (49.375) in 2008 for us and he got villified like he was the village idiot.

Edward's lack of concentration and dropsies continued, too...50% reception rate on the balls thrown at him. Psssst, Ginn caught 52.1% of his passes. I'm not defending Ginn; he's so hated by most of the readers here that I'm just adding perspective to what we face out of the Jets WRs.

As phinsfansc has pointed out the jests may have him for part of one year only.

Miami may not have even had a shot at him.

What happens to him if he tests positive again?

Wishful optimistic thinking?
I applaud your efforts

Wishful optimistic thinking?
I applaud your efforts

The Steelers were prepared to release wide receiver Santonio Holmes had they not been able to trade him, sources told the Post-Gazette today.
They took the best deal they could find late Sunday night

It was the best offer they received after talking to a number of other NFL teams about trading Holmes.

The trade came one day after a report on Profootballtalk.com that Holmes faces a four-game suspension in the 2010 season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.

However this is why I consider the Steelers the class franchise of the league


And one of the reaons they are in it almost every year. The gambles that the Jets are taking do not payoff. They will take on the craziness of their coach and they will implode with no leadership. Have fun JT with the lack of heart on that team.