Jets already feeling sense of urgency

NEW YORK — One brutally bad game.

That’s all it took for the New York Jets to feel a sense of urgency to get things turned around.

After a 27-17 seasonopening loss at Buffalo on Sunday during which coach Adam Gase acknowledged “there was no complementary football,” the Jets have to get ready to host the San Francisco 49ers. Oh, and the defending NFC champions also are 0-1 after blowing a fourth-quarter lead to Arizona and surely looking to rebound against a squad that looked lost in every phase.

“We’ve got to get everything figured out now,” linebacker Jordan Jenkins said Monday. “Otherwise, it’s just going to be losses after losses after loss. You’ve got to give yourself a chance.”

Jenkins said during the summer he was tired of losing. The 2016 thirdround draft pick has gone through four straight losing seasons, and New York hasn’t made the playoffs since 2010.

“Everybody’s tired of losing, I’m tired of losing,” Jenkins reiterated. “But right now, it’s just words. After Sunday, that didn’t show that we’re tired of losing.”

That was on all sides of the ball. There were questionable play calls by Gase, bad decisions by quarterback Sam Darnold, some dropped passes, missed tackles and blown assignments.

It all added up to an 0-1 start that has many Jets fans concerned that they’ve got another long season in store.

“We don’t have a choice,” Gase said. “We have to get better. We cannot play like we did this last game.”

WHAT’S WORKING

Well, not much, really. When rookie punter Braden Mann is a bright spot after punting six times for a respectable 46.3 yard gross average, you know things are probably grim.

The offensive line, which had five new starters from Week 1 a year ago, wasn’t bad. First-round pick Mekhi Becton held his own in his NFL debut at left tackle.

“Considering last year that it felt like it was a constant avalanche, it didn’t feel that way this time around,” Gase said. “It felt like our guys did a better job of giving Sam some time.”

WHAT NEEDS HELP

You name it, the Jets need it. It starts with Darnold, though, and he knows it.

The third-year quarterback made some bad mistakes against the Bills and never appeared to be comfortable. He overthrew a few receivers, hurried throws and had bad footwork at times.

“We definitely left some yards out there on the field and it’s things that we can control,” Darnold said. “We’ve just got to get better. … They’re definitely fixable mistakes, which is a good thing.”

INJURED

Running back Le’Veon Bell (hamstring) and inside linebacker Blake Cashman (groin) could both miss a few weeks with injuries. Bell was hurt late in the second quarter and returned in the second half before he was pulled out of the game. Gase won’t put a timetable on either player’s return because they’re softtissue injuries, but he remains optimistic Bell could be back sooner than anticipated.