Hours before Santonio Holmes made his practice debut at the Jets’ 2010 training camp, No. 10 scored his first touchdown in green and white. Sandy Sandoval, who serves as EA Sports’ director of athlete relations, brought Madden 11 to Cortland, N.Y., today and a game of Jets vs. Jets ensued. LaDainian Tomlinson first popped into the players’ lounge, dropped comfortably into a recliner, and soon was followed into the lounge by Laveranues Coles. The fourth all-time reception leader in Jets history, Coles told Tomlinson he had never played the game before. Despite that inexperience, it appeared Coles’ Jets “D” was going to stop Tomlinson’s Jets “O.” But Tomlinson opted not to attempt a long field goal, converted a fourth-and-10 play and eventually cashed in. Moments later, another money player — Holmes — walked in and directed Coles’ offense. Holmes, the Super Bowl XLIII MVP who is coming off career highs of 79 receptions and 1,248 yards, went to a guy he could trust to get an equalizer. So before you know it, QB Mark Sanchez (the video version) was throwing to Santonio Holmes for a nice gain. Impressed with that first catch, the real life Santonio displayed different versions of the replay for Coles, Tomlinson, FB Tony Richardson and even OLB Jason Taylor. The 5’11”, 192-pound Holmes jumped out of his seat when he scored afer a Sanchez pass. “Let’s go Holmes, let’s go Holmes,” he said while pointing to his back where the letters would be if he was wearing a jersey. Not happy with his over-the-top help on the play, Tomlinson wondered what happened to the video version of the Jets’ defensive quarterback. “Come on, Jim Leonhard,” he said. It was a fun lunch hour for a few of the Jets and EA Sports looks like it has another winner on its hands. After Holmes’ TD, he said something that should excite Jets Nation: “I’m going to make it look that easy this year when I get to the season.” http://blog.newyorkjets.com/2010/08/04/jets-take-madden-11-out-for-a-test-drive/
