Todd Bowles summed up his team’s performance this weekend nicely.

“We picked a bad day to have a bad day,” Bowles said Monday afternoon.

Uh, yeah.

The 41-10 loss to the Bills on Sunday was one of the most humiliating defeats in Jets history … and that is saying something. The fourth-string quarterback who was on the street two weeks ago, the wide receiver who was on the practice squad two days earlier, the fake punt, the tackle eligible, the three holding penalties on one play — all of it left Gang Green red-faced.

That Bowles was even around to answer questions Monday afternoon was noteworthy. Because after a loss like that in a lost season like this, his seat is no longer hot, it has melted.

Jets fans have seen enough and want Bowles gone yesterday. But Jets CEO Christopher Johnson apparently is not ready to kick him out of the building and change his passcode just yet.

Fans are not going to want to hear this, but it is the right call.

Try for a minute to remove passion from the equation. Just use your head, not your heart: What does firing Bowles now achieve?

This is not a conversation about whether Bowles should be fired at the end of the season, because that now seems like a fait accompli. It is about what does pulling the trigger now do instead of in seven weeks.

It would appease the fan base. Football teams have two distinct sides — the business operation and the football operation. If Johnson were viewing this decision strictly from the business side, then firing Bowles would make his customers happy.

But he can’t just view it like that. Johnson must consider what this decision does to the players, the other coaches and everyone else who works for the team. The head coach is the most powerful man in the building other than the owner. If he does not like what the cafeteria is serving for dinner, they change the menu. If he thinks the walls should be painted, someone is fetching a can of paint.

Firing a head coach is a drastic move that has ripple effects throughout an organization. Doing it in the middle of the season has an even greater effect. You think players and coaches who are loyal to Bowles will be motivated to play after he is fired? Maybe Bowles can get something out of them.

There are times when an in-season change makes sense. The Browns firing Hue Jackson a few weeks ago is one. Jackson and offensive coordinator Todd Haley were involved in a power struggle. That kind of in-fighting undermines a team.

The Jets do not have that type of toxic culture in their building.

You can argue that the season is over at 3-7. It does not matter who coaches the final six games and that is the exact message you would send by firing Bowles. That is a tough message to give to 53 men who are risking injury every week for your organization.

By sticking with Bowles, the Jets are not thinking that this season is going to drastically turn around. How can it? They are hoping the players and the coaching staff show some pride and play much, much better than they did Sunday.

If they don’t, then Johnson can revisit the decision on Bowles before the end of the season. With each passing week, the effect of a firing lessens, but getting through six more games with an interim coach (and who would that be exactly?) would be a lot to ask of a young team.

Bowles did not run from the questions Monday. When asked how much responsibility he takes for the team’s 3-7 record, he said, “I take all of it.”

Bowles is 23-35 in his four years as the Jets coach. The team has not made the playoffs once and only sniffed them in his first season.

There is no argument anymore whether Bowles should be fired. The question is when, not if, but the Jets are making the right move by waiting.