Kerry Rhodes never shies away from the hot topics, and he didn’t a few minutes ago on the horn with ESPN-1050’s Brandon Tierney. Rhodes, asked about the brief Jets’ flirtation with indicted ex-Giant Plaxico Burress, said Plax would have been a great addition to the Jets.

“He would definitely have been a No. 1 receiver,” Rhodes said, “and he would have given Jerricho (Cotchery) and those guys the freedom to do some things.”

Rhodes also hinted at his dissatisfaction with the defensive scheme last season, more so since he had become a solid safety by getting the freedom to make plays in his prior two seasons under Eric Mangini.

“Last year, yeah,” Rhodes said when asked if he felt constrained by Mangini’s system. “Before that, he let me do my thing. There was some stuff going on with the team, but I’m not going to air it out there. We had some limitations with what we could do last year and I’ll leave it at that.”

As for second-year DE/LB Vernon Gholston, who will be needed to step in for the suspended Calvin Pace (out for the first four games due to a violation of the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy), Rhodes also took a swipe at Mangini’s system.

“He was a little hesitant, a little slow, and he had to learn a new position,” Rhodes said of Gholston. “And it didn’t help that he had all the pressure of being a top-10 pick. He’s under some pressure now to perform, and we’re not going to put it all on him. He’s going to have to step up now and he’s making strides.”

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