Chalk up another Jets superstar as out for the season.
Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes is done. Three days after falling to the MetLife Stadium turf in a heap, with an apparent foot injury, it was revealed early Wednesday that their star wide out had suffered a Lisfranc injury in his left foot, and will need surgery to repair the damage.
New York had been bracing for the bad news for days, and signed wide receiver Jason Hill to take his place, but let's be honest, nobody can take Holmes' place on this roster.
This is a Jets team that is so devoid of depth and talent at the major skills positions that losing a player of Holmes caliber is going to be a huge detriment to this football team.
Life has been hard enough for the Jets with Mark Sanchez's inaccuracy, and the inability of New York's other skills players Stephen Hill, Shonn Greene, et al. to produce in big moments during the early season.
While Holmes may be looked upon as a malcontent for his antics that tore apart the Jets locker room last season, his talent level is needed on this team. Keep in mind this is a franchise that rid itself of talented receievers in Braylon Edwards and Jerricho Cotchery over the last two years and failed miserably to replace them.
Now, the Jets are asking the likes of Hill and Jeremy Kerely to take the reigns as lead receivers, and it likely will not work.
Without quality depth on this team it will not work; it can't work.
The story of this 2012 season is still being written, but right now this injury is another ugly chapter to a book that many believe will have a truly ugly finish.
New York had been bracing for the bad news for days, and signed wide receiver Jason Hill to take his place, but let's be honest, nobody can take Holmes' place on this roster.
This is a Jets team that is so devoid of depth and talent at the major skills positions that losing a player of Holmes caliber is going to be a huge detriment to this football team.
Life has been hard enough for the Jets with Mark Sanchez's inaccuracy, and the inability of New York's other skills players Stephen Hill, Shonn Greene, et al. to produce in big moments during the early season.
While Holmes may be looked upon as a malcontent for his antics that tore apart the Jets locker room last season, his talent level is needed on this team. Keep in mind this is a franchise that rid itself of talented receievers in Braylon Edwards and Jerricho Cotchery over the last two years and failed miserably to replace them.
Now, the Jets are asking the likes of Hill and Jeremy Kerely to take the reigns as lead receivers, and it likely will not work.
Without quality depth on this team it will not work; it can't work.
The story of this 2012 season is still being written, but right now this injury is another ugly chapter to a book that many believe will have a truly ugly finish.
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