Ex-New York Jet turned NFL television analyst Kris Jenkins criticized his former team on Wednesday, calling the Jets' locker room "catty" and saying it only got that way because the team cut all its veteran leadership before the start of the season.

"Now, these are the players who are going to have the heart and the passion to get things in order when things don't work," Jenkins, referring to himself, Damien Woody and Shaun Ellis, who were all let go by the Jets in the offseason, said during his appearance on ESPN 1050's "The Mike Lupica Show."

"These are the guys that set the tempo in your training camps. These are gonna be the guys that make things go accordingly to plan," Jenkins said. "Now, they just erased that off their team. Now you have guys that, yeah, they're good, they can play their positions, but they don't have the experience to take on those responsibilities, so what happens? You get a catty locker room."

Last week, wide receiver Santonio Holmes ripped the Jets' offensive line for not giving quarterback Mark Sanchez enough time in the pocket and guard Brandon Moore responded harshly to Holmes' comments in the media. The two served as team captains before Monday night's underwhelming performance -- a 24-6 victory over the lowly Miami Dolphins that evened the team's record at 3-3 and snapped a three-game losing skid.

After the game, Jets coach Rex Ryan said the team had moved on from all the turmoil, but Jenkins doesn't necessarily believe it, because he doesn't think the Jets have enough leadership. And it may not change because of what Jenkins calls "the new culture of football," where most players care more about the spotlight than getting better.

"New York City as a whole is a hard place to play football and be successful," Jenkins said. "Most of these guys don't understand that the thing that is ailing them is they wanna be seen too much. That's the new culture of football. Everybody gets paid. Everyone sees the Ray Lewises and all the guys get all this notoriety and things like that.