New York Jets coach Todd Bowles, always composed in public settings, ripped into his team after Sunday's ugly loss to the Houston Texans.

"Coach Todd, after the game, went off on us and told us, 'Losing is not acceptable,'" defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson said Tuesday in his weekly spot on WFAN radio. "He doesn’t like losing, as well. I’m pretty sure that everybody in the locker room definitely needs to have that spark lit under them this week, and we need to get these wins rolling quickly."

Ordinarily, this would be a "Dog-bites-Man" headline. After all, how is a coach supposed to react after a pitiful performance? It's a little different with Bowles because he's known for his low-key personality. You see his stoic persona on the sideline and in news conferences and you wonder if the guy has any fire.

Bowles has mentioned on a few occasions that he's more emotional than people realize, and that he gets that way behind closed doors. He doesn't like to talk about it and he doesn't like when his players talk about it. Several players clammed up when asked about Bowles' immediate reaction to the 24-17 loss.

So did Bowles.

"I'm extremely upset, but I'm not going to take it out here," he said after the game. "We'll discuss that in-house when I get back in the locker room and we get in the meeting."

Was he still ticked off in Monday's team meeting?

"That’s a personal thing, that’s inside the team," Ryan Fitzpatrick said. "Obviously, none of us are happy with the effort, none of us are happy with how the game went down. I think the message was clear that we’ve got to put our focus into this week and make sure we get this thing back on the right track."