Gang Green can’t wait to get going more quickly

The Jets have acknowledged there is an issue and they have had time to look under the hood in an attempt to fix it. If they want to jump-start their offense, right away is the time to do it.

Their struggles throughout the first halves of their five games this season (four of them losses) are difficult to fathom. In first quarters, they have been outscored 30-0. In the first half of games, their opponents have a 75-13 edge.

Zach Wilson is 5-for-18 for 34 yards in the first quarter this year, with more interceptions (two) than first downs passing (one). His QB rating goes from a flat 0 in the first quarter to 35.2 in the second, before it becomes a more competent 87.4 in the second half, when the Jets have been scrambling to creep back into games.

Coming out of the bye week, head coach Robert Saleh addressed the slowstarting offense and said the Jets would make “subtle” changes for Sunday’s game at New England.

Neither Saleh nor offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur has divulged what those changes would be, but shorter passes to get Wilson going would make sense. The Jets quarterback is averaging 12.89 yards per attempt through the air in the first quarter, according to ESPN, the second longest in the NFL. According to LaFleur, the deeper air attack is a result of the defenses they have played.

“You always want to get a guy in rhythm, but you also have to take into account what the defense is giving you,” LaFleur said Thursday. “There’s certain defenses out there that we’ve played that they don’t necessarily give you all those short passes.”

➤ Wilson talked recently with rookie WR Elijah Moore, the training-camp star who has recorded just eight catches for 66 yards in four games.

“Dude, just keep doing your thing, I’m going to get you the ball,” Wilson said he told this year’s second-round pick.

Moore has not been able to hook up much with Wilson. The quarterback said the reads just have not dictated enough targets toward Moore, but he thinks that will change.

“That connection is going to be there for a long time,” Wilson said. “He’s going to get his opportunities.”

➤ TE Tyler Kroft (back) and LB C.J. Mosley (hamstring) did not practice. Safeties Marcus Maye (ankle) and Adrian Colbert (concussion), DL Nathan Shepherd (knee) and WR Jeff Smith (concussion) were full participants.