Mecole Hardman got the last laugh with the Jets this season. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
Mecole Hardman is once again a Super Bowl champion, but this year’s ring would have felt extra special for the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver.
The first reason why is obvious: he caught the winning pass in overtime. The second reason is the path he took to get there, which saw him leave the Chiefs last offseason and join the New York Jets, then return to Kansas City in a midseason trade.
Hardman had something to say about that Jets tenure, in which he played five games, in an episode of “The Pivot Podcast” published Tuesday.
Specifically, Hardman didn’t think much of the Jets’ offensive coaching staff, which he said gave some players preferential treatment (clearly not him) and wasn’t properly prepared for Aaron Rodgers’ season-ending injury:
“I ain’t trying to bash nobody, but y’all treat certain guys that shouldn’t be treated like they’re treated. I don’t understand why you feel I can’t compete with any of these guys y’all are playing in front of me. I just feel like it’s not an established coaching staff there. You just got a new coaching staff that came in and there’s no standard there. Everybody do what they want to do.
“Granted, the defense has more of a stabilized standard with the coaching staff on that side, so you can tell the defense has got a standard. But the offense is just like, ‘We’ll just figure it out. It’s Aaron’s show. Let Aaron do what Aaron do.’ But then when Aaron goes down, it’s like ‘We don’t know what to do.’ But it’s that same coach that was out of a job the previous year, but managed to get a new job.”
That last line would be a reference to embattled Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, who was fired from his job as Denver Broncos head coach the previous offseason.
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Publish date : 2024-02-28 04:34:39
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