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A disgusted Holmes, who missed a handful of voluntary practice sessions while out of the country on a USO-sponsored trip to a U.S. Air Force base in Germany, pulled himself out of practice Thursday because he felt he was unfairly overworked by coaches. Holmes staged a mini-meltdown near the end of the two-hour workout, limping off the field and tossing his helmet. He exchanged words with receivers coach Sanjay Lal, also drawing immediate attention from the trainer.
Reported by ESPN.com
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Afterward, Holmes insisted he wasn't injured, but he clearly was bothered that the coaches wanted to give him a full workload despite his time away. "I was talking to the coach, letting him understand it was too many reps today," Holmes said. "I've been gone for a while, so I can't be at full tempo like the rest of the guys and where they want us to be at. ..." Holmes said he was slated for 35 practice reps, but left after 20 or 25. HC Rex Ryan said he had no problem with Holmes -- or any other veteran -- asking out of a practice if he feels vulnerable to an injury. "If he thinks he'd be stretching it to give five or 10 extra reps, you have to be smart about it," Ryan said. And it's par for the course for Holmes, called a "cancer" by some teammates last season. Perhaps not quite ready to turn over a new leaf just yet.
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