Santonio Holmes pulled himself from practice on Thursday because he felt he was unfairly overworked by coaches. He staged a mini-meltdown near the end of the two-hour workout, limping off the field and tossing his helmet. 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," the wide receiver 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. 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, adding, "If a guy thinks he's tight ... you don't want a guy pulling (a muscle). He knows his body better than anybody."