- Seven months later, Santonio Holmes is still upset he got benched in the season finale, claiming Monday he was the "scapegoat" for the New York Jets' disappointing season. "It was the end, it was playoffs on the line, and your best receiver doesn't get but two passes thrown his way in 60 minutes of football," Holmes said in an interview on ESPN New York 98.7 FM. "That's just hard to understand and to cope with when you want everything just as bad as everybody else does, and it just doesn't even happen. And nobody has the answers for it, but 'the scapegoat' is the answer, and that's what happened." This was the latest in a string of recent controversial remarks by the lighting-rod receiver. A week before training camp, Holmes questioned the viability of two-quarterback systems -- the Jets plan to use two quarterbacks -- prompting a mild rebuke from Jets coach Rex Ryan. Read more: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/sto...antonio-holmes-says-was-scapegoat-last-season
