The New York Jets made what were called “upgrades” during the offseason including the addition of running back Chris Johnson. The changes didn’t help much as they finished with a 4-12 record at the bottom of the AFC East and Johnson didn’t have the fresh start he thought he would. In fact, Johnson believes the Jets lied to him.
via NY Post:
“I think I went into a situation where I was told one thing, and it was another,” Johnson said Monday on “The Rich Eisen Show.”
Johnson rushed for a career-low 663 yards on 155 carries in his one season with the Jets. The team declined Monday to pick up his option for 2015, making him a free agent on March 10.
The Jets split carries among Johnson, Chris Ivory and Bilal Powell, something they said from the start of the season they would do. But Johnson seemed to believe eventually he would have a bigger role.
“Basically, it was a situation where I was going there to be the guy or whatever,” Johnson said. “It was still said, yeah, both guys [Johnson and Ivory] were going to get playing time. I think it was like after the [third] game or something like that, it just switched over and I started getting less and less playing time, and not knowing where it came from.”
Johnson said he doesn’t blame former coach Rex Ryan, he instead blames general manager John Idzik whome he believes dictated the playing time.
