Chiefs’ Mecole Hardman Rips Into Jets’ Nathaniel Hackett

Former New York Jets wide receiver turned Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl hero Mecole Hardman has been making headlines recently. Hardman made an appearance on The Pivot with Ryan Clark and made some bold comments about his former team.

It has drawn several reactions, as Jets’ punter Thomas Morestead fired back at some of the comments Hardman made in a social media post. He cautioned people to be careful about getting information from a former disgruntled player who lost his job to a rookie.

Hardman was critical of Jets’ special teams coach Brant Boyer, as their relationship became icy during the preseason. Things boiled over when Boyer told Hardman he would be returning punts against the Chiefs in Week 4 after Xavier Gipson was injured.

Not appreciative of being told minutes before kickoff, Hardman refused to return punts. At that point, he was checked out and reached out to Cheifs’ general manager Brett Veach to re-acquire him in a trade.

Boyer wasn’t the only coordinator who Hardman had a lot to say about. During his appearance on The Pivot, he also tore into offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, who has come under fire for being unprepared throughout the season. It was Aaron Rodgers’ show and without him there to lead it, things fell apart.

“You just got a new (offensive) coaching staff that came in and there’s no standard there. Everybody does what they want to do. Granted, the defense has more of a stabilized standard with the coaching staff on that side, so the defense has a standard. But the offense is just like, ‘We’ll just figure it out. It’s Aaron’s show. Let Aaron do what Aaron does.’ Then when Aaron goes down, it’s like we don’t know what to do.” (H/T Rich Cimini of ESPN on X)