"Brandon Moore is the longest-tenured offensive player on the Jets and one of the most respected players on the team. He's also one of the most introspective and understated players in the locker room.

He's the E.F. Hutton of the Jets. When he talks, people listen.

That made Moore's caustic response yesterday to the recent stream of criticisms coming from Jets wide receiver and team captain Santonio Holmes all the more powerful.

"It's disrespectful," Moore told The Post. "Guys work hard. To put your teammates out to dry, guys you work with every day so on Sundays you can have a productive day, it's disappointing. That's not really being a leader. That's not being a captain.

"But apparently he's allowed to say whatever he wants to around here now," Moore went on. "Apparently someone around here told him that it's OK to do that because he keeps doing it."

Holmes first did it after the Jets lost to the Ravens two weeks ago in Baltimore, calling out the offensive line and Mark Sanchez for poor performances.

"It starts up front with our big guys, they need to do a better job protecting Mark and Mark has to do a better job making his reads and getting the ball to playmakers," Holmes said that night.

Holmes was at it again on Thursday, saying: "I may be criticized again for saying it, but I think it starts up front. The big guys know it." "