HOLMES MERELY "PLAXICO-PLUS"?
In response to the news that Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes, the 25th overall pick in the 2006 draft, has been arrested for disorderly conduct, at least one league source isn't surprised.
"Santonio was one of the talented *******s in the draft," opined the source. "This arrest is not a revelation, nor is it out of character."
Added the source: "This guy is Plaxico, plus."
The reference, of course, is to receiver Plaxico Burress, another former Big Ten wideout taken by the Steelers in round one of the draft. Burress was erratic during his years in Pittsburgh, and the team opted not to re-sign him after his rookie contract expired.
Meanwhile, the current charges against Plaxico-Plus don't seem to be extremely severe (unless, of course, the Pittsburgh media is spinning the thing in a way that makes P-P look less like caa-caa).
Per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Holmes was walking in the street in the South Beach area of Miami. A police officer told Holmes "get out of the street," and Holmes allegedly "said several offensive words" to the cop. (Does "have another donut" count as offensive?)
Per the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Holmes contends that the police officer yelled at Holmes, and that he was arrested after merely asking the officer why he had yelled.
"I wasn't trying to cause a problem," Holmes said. "I'm upset about this."
Holmes' bigger problem might be with his mother, who was under the impression that Holmes was attending classes in Columbus, Ohio. "That's news to me," said Patricia Brown. "I talked to him yesterday. He's in Ohio."
