How Todd Bowles’ focus drove Jets’ radical red-zone reverse

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Todd Bowles and Chan GaileyThe Jets have gone from worst to first in red-zone offense this season.

Gang Green have scored on 73 percent of their trips inside the 20-yard line this season, the best mark in the league. In 2014, they scored on just 36 percent of their trips, the worst percentage in the NFL. The uptick in production partially can be attributed to Brandon Marshall, who is a beast in the red zone, but that is not the total reason.

When Todd Bowles took the job in January, he told his coaches they were going to focus on a few areas, and the red zone was one of them.

“That’s situational football,” Bowles said. “You win or lose games with red zone, two-minute and third down. When…