By GARY MYERS AND MANISH MEHTA
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Santonio Holmes was pouting on the field and in the huddle on Sunday and was benched by offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer late in the fourth quarter in Miami, but his attitude for the game was set last week in a meeting Mark Sanchez set up with the wide receivers.
At the Jets cleaned out their lockers Monday after their disappointing end to the season, a source told the Daily News that Holmes gave Sanchez a hard time at the meeting on Wednesday and then when Sanchez got the group together on Thursday, Holmes did not bother to show up.
?He went back and forth with Mark at the meeting,? the source said. ?He was saying stuff like, ?What am I even here for?? Then he blew off Mark by not even showing up the next day.?
Holmes did not catch a pass in Miami, the first he time he?s been shut out in his career. He was targeted only once. A source told the News that Holmes wasn't paying attention to Sanchez in the huddle as early as the second quarter. At halftime, Holmes was "moping in front of his locker," according to a source.
?He?s a cancer," one player said. "It?s like dealing with a 10 year old."
Holmes got into shouting matches in the huddle on two consecutive series in the fourth quarter. Players were upset that Holmes appeared disinterested and not even listening to Sanchez in the huddle.
After Sanchez met the media Monday, the Daily News attempted to ask Sanchez about last week?s meetings. He refused to even let the question be asked. ?No,? he said. ?I?m done.?
Holmes got into shouting matches in the huddle on two consecutive series in the fourth quarter. Players were upset that Holmes appeared disinterested and not even listening to Sanchez in the huddle.
?Go home. Go to the sidelines,? one player said to him.
They began screaming at each other in the huddle. On the next series, tackle Wayne Hunter and Holmes got into it in the huddle. Soon after, Holmes was benched when Patrick Turner ran on the field, tapped him on the shoulder and told him he was replacing him. Holmes then sulked on the bench.
Holmes just finished the first year of a five-year $45 million contract he signed as a free agent right after the lockout ended. He did not speak to the media Monday. He left the locker room with a box under his right arm and his Jets helmet in his left hand. He was escorted out of the locker room by the Jets public relations director.
Earlier in the morning, Rex Ryan was in tears durinbg a meeting with his players, according to left guard Matt Slauson. Ryan's stressed team unity during the emotional meeting.
NOTE: The Daily News has learned that intern Mike Smith, who was instrumental in reviving Aaron Maybin's career, will be named the new full-time outside linebackers coach. The News did an in-depth piece about Smith's relationship with Maybin in December.
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