For the third straight week, New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was left to explain a loss in which his team missed an opportunity to win the game on its final possession. This time, he seemed more frustrated -- and concerned -- than ever, Rich Cimini of ESPN reports.

"We need to get going," Rodgers said Monday night after the Jets -- in their first game under interim coach Jeff Ulbrich -- dropped to 2-4 with a 23-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium. "This was a golden opportunity. Some games you win in the NFL, and some games you give away. This was a giveaway."

Not only was he critical of the Jets' performance, but Rodgers questioned the officiating, too. The teams combined for 22 penalties and 204 yards, including 11 for 110 yards by the Jets, who suffered the same issues under former coach Robert Saleh.

"It seemed a little ridiculous," Rodgers said of the officiating. "Some of [the calls] seemed really bad, including the roughing the passer on me [by AJ Epenesa]. That's not roughing the passer. You might as well play Sarcastaball [a reference to the TV show 'South Park'] if we're going to call those things. And I thought the one on [Javon] Kinlaw wasn't roughing the passer, either."

Rodgers also bemoaned a "phantom holding call" on tackle Tyron Smith that nullified a scoring run by Braelon Allen that would've given the Jets a 27-20 lead in the third quarter. They got no points out of it, as Greg Zuerlein missed his second field goal of the night.

The Jets, who fired Saleh last Tuesday, capped a tumultuous week with a performance that smacked of so many others. There were too many penalties and too many blown opportunities.

Under new playcaller Todd Downing, who replaced the demoted Nathaniel Hackett, the offense managed to produce 393 total yards, but it went 1-for-4 in the red zone. One of its two touchdowns was a miracle play -- a 52-yard Hail Mary to Allen Lazard at the end of the first half that closed the Bills' lead to 20-17.

"Demoralizing" was how wide receiver Garrett Wilson described the penalties, mistakes and squandered chances. "We have to find a way to score touchdowns because I don't want to keep feeling like this," he said.

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