The super important offensive trend Jets need to change fast

Less than an hour after the Jets defeated the Titans Sunday in Nashville, the last of the players were dressing in the visitor’s locker room at Nissan Stadium.Among them were receiver Allen Lazard and running back Breece Hall.At one point, Lazard asked Hall what “grade’’ he’d give the offense for the game.Both agreed it was a “C’’ or “C-plus’’ game for the offense despite the fact that the Jets scored three touchdowns.“We left a lot of plays out there,’’ Lazard said.

“I say that with the utmost respect for the Titans.We think they played a phenomenal game defensively.

They had a great game plan, they pressured us and they stopped the run very well.“We were very fortunate to come out of here with the W, because it could have gone another way.’’It definitely could have gone the other way, with the Titans gifting the Jets a turnover on an ill-advised Will Levis lateral in the red zone with Tennessee already leading, 7-0.The Jets’ offense, entering Thursday night’s home opener against the Patriots at MetLife Stadium, has started slow in each of the first two games.The Jets got away with the sluggish start on offense in last week’s game thanks to the Titans’ ineptitude on offense.But they got overwhelmed by the 49ers in the season opener partially because of the slow start offensively.In their first five possessions in the loss at San Francisco, the Jets had three three-and-outs as well as a lost fumble by Hall in their own territory.In the win at Tennessee, the Jets began with two three-and-outs and three consecutive punts to start the game.Jets receiver Garrett Wilson, in advance of Thursday’s game, called it “super important’’ to get off to a faster start on offense.“I feel like once you get rolling, if you can start hot, that kind of fuels the rest of the game,’’ Wilson said.

“It’s something that we’re working on.We want to come out with the mindset like we want to score first, score on the first dri...