Adam Gase Takes Blame for Jets' Struggles: 'I Haven't Found the Formula Yet'

New York Jets head coach Adam Gase took the blame for the team's dreadful performance in a 33-0 blowout loss to the AFC East rival New England Patriots on Monday Night Football.

"What we put on the field was not good enough, and that's on me," Gase told reporters Tuesday.

He added: "Obviously, I haven't found the formula yet to make us anything close to consistent."

Any positive vibes the Jets hoped to carry over from their 24-22 upset victory over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6 were quickly erased as the Patriots built a 17-0 lead in the first quarter Monday.

New York could never mount a rally as second-year quarterback Sam Darnold struggled mightily to decipher the Pats' top-ranked defense. He completed just 11 of his 32 attempts for 86 yards with no touchdowns and four interceptions.

"I just gotta see the field a lot better," Darnold told reporters about saying he was "seeing ghosts" during the game, as caught by an ESPN mic. "That's kinda what that means. It was a rough day out there, rough night out there, and obviously I gotta be better and learn from the mistakes. But we will get better."

The loss dropped the Jets to 1-5, including 1-2 with Darnold under center. He missed lopsided losses to the Patriots, Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles while recovering from mononucleosis.

Gase was hired in January after spending the last three years as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

Although he's only six games into his tenure, there are already calls within the New York media to fire him. WFAN's Joe Benigno explained his stance Tuesday:

"Why are we wasting our time with this brutal head coach? This guy's worse than (Todd) Bowles! You think this guy's coaching the team two years from now, three years from now? He should be fired today! I'd make (defensive coordinator) Gregg Williams the coach right now, let him finish the year out and then we'll see what kind of GM Joe Douglas is, if he can actually hire a guy because they need somebody right now, bro, to save this franchise."

The Jets' schedule is quite favorable during the second half of the regular season. Only two of their final 10 opponents currently own a winning record, and those games against the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills don't come up until Weeks 15 and 17, respectively.

So there's an opportunity for New York to go on a run if it can showcase the form it did against Dallas more consistently. Next up is a road clash with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.