Aaron Rodgers, Jets coach riff on 'darkness' after upset loss to Patriots

The New York Jets made some major changes to try to jumpstart a once-promising season that was heading downhill.

Robert Saleh was fired as coach after a 2-3 start, interim coach Jeff Ulbrich changed offensive play callers and the Jets acquired Davante Adams to reunite him with Aaron Rodgers.

New York is somehow in even worse shape now.

The Jets lost 25-22 on Sunday to a New England team that had lost six straight and was forced to bring in Jacoby Brissett, the quarterback during the Patriots' 1-4 start. Brissett, playing after rookie Drake Maye was sidelined with a concussion, led New England to its first home win in more than a year.

And helped send New York to its fifth straight loss — and third in a row under Ulbrich. The Jets are now tied with the Patriots for last place in the AFC East.

"This is a moment of darkness, and we understand that the outside world is going to get really loud right now," Ulbrich said.

Added Rodgers: "Yeah, I've been in the darkness. You've got to go in there, make peace with it."

Greg Zuerlein missed two kicks — a field goal and an extra point — and the Jets burned through all three first-half timeouts in the first quarter, two of them 44 seconds apart on the same drive.

"On one of them, we were lagging out of the huddle, one I was trying to get the protection right," said Rodgers, who threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns. "One I felt like we could have gotten off, but it was fine to take it there. Our operation was a little slow at times."

New York used a timeout after an incomplete pass where Rodgers looked for Garrett Wilson. That timeout would have been handy during the Jets' final drive that began from their own 30-yard line with 22 seconds remaining.

Another clock mishap occurred