KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Todd Bowles was not happy. Not at all.

In fact, he showed more emotion in the aftermath of the Jets' 24-3 loss to the Chiefs than at any other point in his 20-month run as their head coach.

Bowles stood atop the podium at his post-game press conference steaming. Furious. And he needed just one adjective to describe the many, many things that went wrong for the Jets at Arrowhead Stadium.

"We took an ass kicking," Bowles said. "S****y game plan. S****y execution. S****y all around."

A quick glance at the box score tells you all you need to know about the Jets' performance. The offense turned the ball over seven times, including six Ryan Fitzpatrick interceptions. The defense allowed Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith to complete 75 percent of his throws. On special teams, Jalin Marshall fumbled a kick return which the Chiefs returned for a touchdown.

The eight combined turnovers were the most by the Jets since 1976 -- they had a franchise-record 10 in a loss to the Patriots.

"I'm disappointed ... pissed off ... mad," Bowles said. "We need to regroup. We're a team. We're going to be together for a long time this year. We need to regroup Monday and come back and get to work."

It's hard to find anything that went right for New York. It was bad, worse, near unwatchable at times. And all of it came after what Bowles described as a "great week of practice."

But what may be even more maddening than how the Jets played against Kansas City, was how the Chiefs found success. On defense, they jumped passes and forced turnovers. On offense, they dinked and dunked down the field with short, intermediate throws.

That's exactly what the Chiefs are known for, and what the Jets prepared for this week. Yet they still couldn't stop it.

"As a coaching staff, we should have been better, and it starts with me," Bowles said. "We could have come out prepared to play. We could have come out and executed better. We could have done a lot of things better. You can pick 50 million things when you lose. You can pick anyone of them."

Things don't exactly get easier for the Jets from here on out. Actually, Kansas City may have been the team's easiest game for the next few weeks.

Next Sunday, the Jets play the Seattle Seahawks, who are coming off their dismantling of the San Francisco 49ers. Then, it's back-to-back road games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals.

If the Jets don't fix their issues now, their 1-2 start could snowball to 1-5 before Halloween.

"We better sleep this off and get back to work on Monday," Bowles said. "You need to have a short-term memory in this business.

"We'll talk about it when we get off the plane tonight. Tomorrow we need to be ready to go forward."

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