D-backs applaud

He swears like a sailor and demands perfection. His players describe him as “feisty,” “very aggressive,” “different” and “a character.” Todd Bowles says he’s the “sole reason” for the impressive play of Jets rookie safeties Marcus Maye and Jamal Adams this year. He is Dennard Wilson. And in his first season as Gang Green’s defensive backs coach, he has made as big of an impact on the team as any coach or player at One Jets Drive. “If it weren’t for him, I feel like we’d be terrible. We would be awful,” Maye told the Daily News Friday in Florham Park, as the Jets prepared for a home matchup with the Chargers this weekend. “I could honestly say I’ve learned probably more ball within these couple months than I have since I’ve been playing football.” “I feel like I can say that for pretty much everybody in our room,” Maye added. “I feel like Coach D is everything.” Wilson — a former assistant with the Rams who joined Bowles’ staff in January after the organization parted ways with previous defensive backs coach Joe Danna — has turned around a Jets secondary that was among the league’s worst last season. Obviously, adding better players helped. Adams and Maye are talented youngsters whom the Jets acquired with their first two picks in the draft. They stabilized the safety position after Calvin Pryor and Marcus Gilchrist struggled in 2016. Morris Claiborne, who signed a one-year deal with Gang Green this offseason, has emerged as a legitimate No. 1 corner, matching up admirably with opponents’ top receivers. But Wilson’s role in getting the best out of his players cannot be overlooked. “He’s a natural-born leader,” safety Rontez Miles told the News. “He’s been put on this Earth to lead, a group of guys, a team maybe one day. He just knows his s--t, and you can tell he knows because, since he’s been here, I dramatically grew as an individual, as a player.” Miles said Wilson started having an influence from the moment he arrived at the Jets’ facility. “From Day One, as soon as he opened his mouth,” Miles said, snapping his fingers, “it was a contagious reaction.” Maye admires how “detailed-oriented” Wilson is. Several defensive backs in the Jets locker room, including Maye, related a regular occurrence: Wilson will focus on a specific play or scheme from that week’s opponent, something he picked up on while watching film. And come game day, the offense will run exactly what Wilson