It was Flag Day at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
The Jets were penalized 11 times in their 13-8 loss to the Falcons.
A staggering seven of those penalties came in the final four minutes of the first half.
“At the end of the first half, [it was] borderline comical,” Jets coach Robert Saleh said.
The Jets had four false starts on offense — one each from Carter Warren, Joe Tippmann, Mekhi Becton and Jeremy Ruckert.
They had an interception by D.J. Reed wiped off the board by an illegal-contact penalty on Reed late in the first half.
Another flag was called on Reed just before halftime, this one for unnecessary roughness, for a hit on Drake London in the end zone.
“Obviously my intent wasn’t to get any unnecessary roughness penalties,” Reed said. “When I looked at the replay, though, it kind of did look like we went a little helmet to helmet. The NFL is emphasizing that. I might get a fine for that, but my intent was not to try to hurt him or anything. It was to just try to knock the ball out.”
Penalties have been an issue the past two months.
Saleh was asked if his team was undisciplined.
“I thought our guys fought hard,” Saleh said. “I respect the question, I understand the question with regard to penalties and all that, but our guys play hard. I’m not going to apologize for their style of play.
“We’ve got to clean up the pre-snap stuff on offense with regard to the usage of cadence. It’s obviously fooling us more than it’s fooling them. It’s stuff we’ve got to get better at.”
The Jets suffered several injuries Sunday.
TE C.J. Uzomah injured his right knee.
Saleh said it is an MCL injury and they will know more Monday.
DT Perrion Winfrey, making his Jets debut, suffered a foot injury that required him to be carted off.
Saleh said it was “really bad.”
WR Jason Brownlee left the game with an ankle injury.
The Jets inactives were: QB Zach Wilson, WR Randall Cobb, CB Bryce Hall, LB Zaire Barnes, OT Billy Turner, DE Carl Lawson and OL Austin Deculus.