Top 10 Reasons the Steelers Traded Santonio Holmes

10) Holmes kept getting in the way of the media mouth jobbing of Hines Ward

9) Unlike fellow Steel City miscreants Ben Roethlisburger and Jeff Reed, Holmes has been convicted

8) This upcoming draft is so good, 79 catches for 1,248 yards in 2009 from a 26-year-old WR can't bring home more than a fifth round pick

7) Steelers were eager to tip the Jets over the "One Too Many Knucklehead" ratio at WR by pairing him with Braylon Edwards

6) It's not like Holmes ever made an utterly amazing catch to win a Super Bowl or anything

5) Given his track record, Steeler management really didn't want to see what Holmes would do under the stress of a contract year

4) Just had to see if Holmes would adapt as well to NYC as Plax Burress did

3) Sends Roethlisburger an important message that if he continues to hang out with the wrong element, they'll just make the team worse to spite him

2) Holmes had a bad influence on the team's desire to be a run-first offense

1) It's only selling low when you've got something to sell