Exactly a week ago, the Monday after the Jets had been publicly flogged by the Eagles in Philadelphia to fall to 0-4, their season was in peril.
Sensing the urgency of a season slipping away, a players-only meeting was called by a couple of the Jets’ veteran leaders and the team convened at the team facility.
A number of veteran players stood before their teammates and delivered messages, and the theme was essentially the same: Don’t fracture, stay together.
Jets coach Adam Gase said he was “good with’’ the players-only meeting “just because of who it is.