Any way you slice it, Adam Gase has been an utter failure as head coach of the New York Jets.

Quarterback Sam Darnold — whom Gase was specifically hired to mold — is regressing in his third season. Through three games, the Jets (0-3) have produced the worst offense in football with a league-worst point differential (-57). Their three performances have been mired by uninventive game-plans, head-scratching punts and personnel decisions, undisciplined penalties and tackling, and have been generally bereft of passion, identity or a sense of preparation.

Other than that, the “brilliant offensive mind” is doing great.

Despite activating “hyperdrive” for Week 3, the Jets crumbled to the Indianapolis Colts, 35-7. Darnold had one of the worst games of his career, throwing two pick-sixes and tossing a third interception in the end zone (he did add one nice touchdown).

The Jets ineptitude prompted ESPN analyst and former Detroit Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky to claim that his winless Lions teams could smoke Gase's squad — and it's hard to argue against him.

Darnold, admirably, took responsibility for his own play and defended his head coach after the game.

“He’s been putting in [the work]” Darnold said, via the New York Post. “I truly believe this and the guys in the locker room feel the same way … we’ve been put in great positions to go out there and succeed, to go out there and make plays and execute a game plan that’s put together perfectly for us…I’ve just got to execute the play that’s called.’’

Prior to Sunday's kick-off, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported that the Jets brass would be closely evaluating Gase this week, as New York plays the Denver Broncos on Thursday. In his postgame comments, Gase said he can't worry about his job security.

Jets guard Greg Van Roten also defended his coach and echoed Darnold's sentiments about the game-plan.

“I believe in Adam,’’ Van Roten said, via the New York Post. “The game plans are not the issue. It’s the execution of the team. That’s the issue. It’s not like guys don’t know what to do. We know what to do; we’re just not doing it. That’s why it’s so frustrating….It’s not like, ‘Hey, we weren’t ready for this, we didn’t’ know they were going to do that,’ or ‘I don’t believe in this coach.’”

Van Roten also pushed back on the notion that a mid-season coaching change would be a productive move.

“To the fans that are calling for [Gase’s] his head, I never really understood that,’’ Van Roten said. “I was on a team last year [the Panthers], we fired our coach [Ron Rivera] and it’s not like we started winning games. You go further in the tank. So, I’m not really sure what that solves…But I get the frustration. I understand that. No one outside of our facility believes in us right now, and that’s just kind of how things are going. So we need to rally together as a team.’’

It's unusual for players to outright call for a coaching change, so Darnold and Van Roten's comments are par for the course. However, it's abundantly clear to anyone unlucky enough to follow this team closely (present company included) that a coaching change is desperately needed, and soon.

For the sake of Darnold's development, this matter is time sensitive. Just ask Ryan Tannehill.