FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Rejection comes to all of us, and men, when faced with it, have one of two options to express their reaction to it, that of the humble gentleman or the spurned and vengeful lover, thick or thin with accusations.
After having his option declined following one particularly below-average campaign, former Jets tailback Chris Johnson on Monday chose the latter.
"I think I went into a situation where I was told one thing and it was another," he told Rich Eisen on his radio show.
Johnson, signed to New York after six seasons with Tennessee, intimated that it was team general manager John Idzik, who along with head coach Rex Ryan was fired following the season, interfered with playing time decisions that affected his output.
"Basically, it was a situation where I was going there to be the guy or whatever," he added. "And it was still said both guys [Johnson and Chris Ivory] were gonna get playing time but, you know, I think it was after the second game or something like that, it just switched over and I was getting less and less playing time."
Johnson, one of seven tailbacks in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season, will be a free agent for his second straight offseason. Last season was by far his worst performance, suffering a career-low 155 rush attempts and 663 yards, notching a single touchdown.
"Throughout the whole thing, I think last year, with that organization, I think a lot of the stuff was out of Rex's hands," Johnson said. "A lot of the things that we were doing I think it was out of Rex's hands. Don't nobody know, but it was a situation."
New York, despite finishing with only four victories against twelve defeats, did finish the regular season ranked third in football in rushing yards (142.5 ypg).
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