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it’d pan out like this,” safety LaRon Landry said. “Our vision, what we prepared for, and what we hoped to be at this point, we never thought we’d have this type of record.

“But it is what it is. It’s how we conclude it.” That vision has been blurred. “It’s been blurred, but not tarnished,” Landry said. It’s now a one-game season. “We gotta win this game,” Jets tight end Dustin Keller said, “and whatever it takes throughout the week to get it done, that’s what we’re gonna do.”

Quarterback Mark Sanchez will need to be more than a game manager against Brady. He will need to be a game-changer. A playmaker. Against a “fowl’’ secondary Belichick is hoping troubled Aqib Talib can steady.

Sanchez will need his three running backs to help him keep the ball and keep Brady on the sidelines as much as possible.

“This is a trench game,” tackle Austin Howard said.

Sanchez will need Mike Westhoff ’s special teams unit to win the field-position battle. He will need coach Rex Coughlin and defensive coordinator Mike Pettine to disguise their intentions and keep Brady disoriented. And he will need JetLife Stadium.

“I hope we have a loud crowd, that whenever t heir offense is on the field that it’s hard for them to communicate, and they can’t do much of it,” Keller said.

There has been no chirping about Brady’s antics from Rex Coughlin. No defiance about kissing Belichick’s rings. No bluster about him against Belichick mano a mano.

“I think we just gotta go out there and just let our pads do the talking,” Keller said.

Your pads have talked 4- 6. Talk louder, or forever hold your tongues.

“We’re not looking at our record,” Howard said. “[Offensive coordinator Tony] Sparano made it very clear to us ... all we need to do is win one game.” When did he say that? “Last week.” Now win one game this week. The AFC has come back to you and presented those opportunities. Don’t blow it.

You were accused of quitting against the 49ers. You let the Dolphins smack you around at home. Your Wildcat has hurt more than it’s helped. You lost Santonio Holmes and Keller was sidelined and Stephen Hill hasn’t stopped dropping the ball and your Ground & Pound was stuck in quicksand and that left your embattled quarterback stranded on Sanchez Island.

You lost Darrelle Revis. Your grumpy veteran linebacker Bart Scott made a locker room scene or two, your owner Woody Johnson revealed he was more consumed with winning than selling hot dogs, some of your anonymous Jets took shameful potshots at Tebow ... and none of that matters now.

After all the insanity and ineptitude, it is not too late to use this game as a launching pad for the five-game season that follows.

“We stick together, we can go far, as far as we want to go,” Landry said. “It’s like a ‘Band of Brothers’ type of deal, you know? One heartbeat.” Can you keep that heart beating?

steve.serby@nypost.com