Angry Adams shoves QB, wants boastful

AUSTIN Seferian-Jenkins might be the unluckiest player in football.

In Sunday’s 35-27 loss to the Panthers, for the second time this season, the Jets tight end had a potential game-changing fourthquarter touchdown overturned on a controversial replay call.

The Jets trailed by one point early in the period and faced a 2nd-and-goal from the Carolina 1-yard line. Josh McCown lofted a fade throw to the right corner of the end zone. Seferian-Jenkins leaped for the ball, hauled it in and appeared to get his right knee inbounds before tumbling onto the white chalk. But on review, the NFL ruled that Seferian-Jenkins didn’t maintain control of the ball. Therefore, it was an incomplete pass. The Jets couldn’t score on third down and were forced to kick a field goal.

“I thought it was a touchdown when I originally made that play,” Seferian-Jenkins said. “They didn’t think it was a touchdown. I agree with that ... It’s what they called.”

This comes after Seferian-Jenkins scored in the fourth quarter against the Patriots, only to have the touchdown overturned on a bizarre fumble call. The ball never actually touched the ground on the play, but he lost possession while falling out of bounds. The touchdown would have cut the New England lead to three points. Sunday was deja vu. “I’m not confused about the definition of a catch,” SeferianJenkins said. “I know everyone knows what a catch is. By the rule and what the refs called, it wasn’t a catch.”

Seferian-Jenkins dropped a sure-fire touchdown the Jets’ first-possession of the game, and he focused on that blown catch in the locker room after Sunday’s loss.

“That was in my control,” Seferian-Jenkins said of the drop. “The second one was not in my control.”

AFTER Cam Newton scored on a one-yard run in the second quarter to break a 3-3 tie, the Panthers quarterback stood in defiance for several moments before performing his usual Superman celebration.

Rookie safety Jamal Adams took exception with the display. He walked over, said something to Newton, and pushed the towering signal-caller as Newton pretended to rip his shirt open. Newton chirped back before a referee led Adams away to deescalate the situation.

“I just don’t like people celebrating in our end zone,” Adams said.

CONTAINING CAM

Despite the loss, the Jets did a commendable job slowing Newton down. They largely kept him contained to the pocket and held the dual-threat quarterback to just 196 total yards (28 on the ground). Todd Bowles’ unit sacked Newton three times and registered eight QB hits.

“Whenever you can hit a quarterback that many times, it’s going to get him a little riled up and a lit-