FLORHAM PARK – Jet Safety Jamal Adams probably did not try to hurt coaches Todd Bowles and his team. But that's what happened on Tuesday, when he said the Jets were not ready to face Cleveland Baker Mayfield's rookie quarter in last week's loss to the Browns.

Mayfield, the number one choice in April, made his professional debut just before half-time when starter Tyrod Taylor was eliminated by a concussion.

And Adams admitted that the Jets were not ready for Mayfield, who led a strong comeback for Cleveland's first victory in nearly two years.

"To be honest, we had to be open to knowing that Baker could come in … but we were prepared for Tyrod," said Adams during his weekly appearance paid on the WFAN CMB. "When Baker came in, we obviously did not have a game plan for him. But hat to him. He came in and he definitely played lights. And they got their momentum and we just could not get it back. So they took a great game plan, bringing it in and finishing the ball game and getting a win. "

The Jets' defense grabbed Taylor, sacking him three times and limiting him to four of 14 passes for 19 yards before eliminating him from the game with a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.

Adams said he did not even realize Taylor had been hurt.

"Honestly, I did not find out that Tyrod had a concussion before the match," Adams said. "I thought that they had just taken it out. So, of course, injuries occurred and the next man was injured. So, again, we were not prepared for him. They are very similar to how they can move their pocket and throw the ball, so at the same time we simply respected our game plan and our baker, he definitely came in and he played phenomenally. "

Mayfield burned the Jets for 201 yards, completing 17 of 23 passes in his first professional action, while the Browns outshot the Jets 21-3 to finish the game.

After the game, coach Todd Bowles said the Jets, who were playing their third game in 11 days and their second game in five days, were ready for Mayfield.

"They were performing the same games," said Bowles of the Browns. We knew what the quarterbacks were. We knew that one ran more than the other. He just did a good job and we did not do it.

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Adams' comments could be seen as a passive aggressive shot against Bowles and the Jets coaches. But it was probably only one case where Adams was honest.

Bowles and the coaches have a lot to do after this terrible loss, but it's hard to blame them if they did not prepare well for Mayfield.

The Jets were playing their third game in 11 days and their second game in five days. It would have been impractical, if not almost impossible, to prepare the defense of two quarterbacks – all the more so as it was a rookie whose only game band was the pre-season.

In the end, they were outmatched by Mayfield, who was not prepared either – Taylor was receiving all the reps in practice since the end of the pre-season.

It should be noted that later in the WFAN interview, Adams also defended Bowles by saying that the players were to blame for the penalty problems. Not the coaching staff.

"It does not come from coaching," said Adams about the team's propensity to incur costly penalties. "I see people who say Todd Bowles is a – No, Coach Bowles has nothing to do with that. It's just us, as players, as men, we have to understand the situations. We must be smarter. Coaching coaches and players play … we just need to be smarter in these situations.

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