Vernon Gholston, a former first-round pick, was released by the Jets this offseason. He slammed Jets coach Rex Ryan on Monday, saying the coach and the organization didn't give him a fair chance. Gholston made the comments after his new team, the Bears, played the Giants. "I heard how he was perceiving me before the [2008] draft, before he knew me, and I was the same way -- I wasn't hoping for him to be [my] first coach of the Jets when I was there, either," said Gholston, who was picked sixth overall in the 2008 NFL Draft. "Being a first-round pick, you would have hoped for more [of a chance]," he added. "Rex made a comment to me when he first came in that he thought I wasn't liked by the guys on the team, then once he got there he saw that wasn't the case," Gholston said. "Those perceptions kind of determine the outcome, and it's sad to say."