It’s been said that you are what your results say you are, but Jets head coach Robert Saleh prefers his one-game losing record this year to the winning record his team had last year.

Saleh’s team appeared to be outmatched on both sides of the ball in Monday night’s 32-19 loss to the 49ers, but quarterback Aaron Rodgers sat out the game after four snaps with a torn Achilles tendon. That’s what happened on the first Monday night of the 2023 season, and it’s why Saleh says it feels better to be 0-1, even though the Jets beat the Bills in overtime a year ago.

“You know what? Unfortunately, it does” Saleh said, via Rich Cimini of ESPN.com.

Offensive rough patches were to be expected given Rodgers’ lengthy absence and lack of preseason action for the first team, but the Jets defense giving up points on eight straight possessions was less predictable. Saleh said the issues that led to that “will definitely be fixed” and that he’ll get his first chance to show the repair work in Tennessee in Week 2.