"Santonio Holmes toed the company line on Wednesday, focusing on the Jets' two-game winning streak rather than his head-scratching statistics - just 22 receptions. The team's most dynamic playmaker denied a report that he wasn't thrilled with how he's been utilized in the first two months of the season. Last week, Pro Football Talk reported that Holmes was "thoroughly dissatisfied with his role in the offense."
"Never heard that one. Next question," Holmes said of the report. "I didn't talk to anybody about it. Never heard about it."
The Jets signed the 27-year-old Holmes to a five-year, $45 million deal in the offseason with the intention of opening up their offense. However, Mark Sanchez & Co. produced uneven results through the air in the first few weeks, prompting Rex Ryan to return to the ground-and-pound philosophy that helped his team get to two consecutive AFC Championship Games."