Aaron Rodgers pushed around the Patriots … and his head coach, too.

Rodgers and the Jets dominated New England in a 24-3 victory in their home opener at MetLife Stadium on Thursday night.

Rodgers was surgical in picking apart the Patriots defense, completing 27 of 35 passing for 281 yards and two touchdowns.

The victory put the Jets at 2-1 for the first time since 2015, but the blowout win did not come without one odd scene.

After a Breece Hall touchdown in the second quarter to give the Jets a 14-0 lead, the TV cameras spotted an awkward exchange between Rodgers and Jets coach Robert Saleh.

As Rodgers came to the sideline, Saleh went to hug him, but Rodgers put his hands on Saleh’s chest and lightly pushed him as he said something to the coach before walking away and glaring at Saleh.

It is clear who Jets fans would side with in a dispute between the coach and quarterback as they broke out into “Aaron Rodgers” chants several times in the second half.

After the game, Saleh and Rodgers both laughed off the exchange and said Rodgers was reminding Saleh that he had given the defense a two-score lead.

“He’s not a big hugger, usually, so I didn’t know he was going for the hug,” Rodgers said. “He likes to do the two-hand chest push as well. But he talks a lot about two-score leads, so I just kind of gave him a push and said two-score lead. That’s what happened.”

It was a night of good vibes for the Jets other than the weird Saleh-Rodgers interaction.

MetLife was rocking during the pregame introductions that were a reminder of last year’s season opener with Rodgers again being the last player introduced to a raucous ovation.

The Jets offense rolled up 400 yards and the defense shut the Patriots down.

After years of getting dominated by the Patriots, the Jets were the ones dominating on Thursday night.

“We’re going to celebrate it, but we should expect to win,” Rodgers said. “The next step is expecting to dominate.”

The Jets offense opened up going up-tempo as the team tried to get off to a quick start, something it was unable to do in the first two games.

The first drive stalled after a holding penalty and sack of Rodgers.

On the next drive, the Jets rolled.

They went 73 yards on eight plays and Rodgers hit Allen Lazard for a 10-yard touchdown.

The Jets pushed it to 14-0 on the next drive.

This one was a 13-play, 91 yard drive.

Hall scored the touchdown from the 1-yard line.

He was initially called down at the 1 but Saleh challenged the play and the call was overturned for a touchdown.

Rodgers was 15 of 20 for 170 yards in the first half.

He got rid of the ball quickly and rarely missed his target.

Rodgers also showed he can still move at 40 years old and one year removed from Achilles surgery.

He escaped the pocket several times and ran for decent gains in the game.

“He may not be what he used to be, but he still has plenty in those legs and his arm is still 30 and his mind is still operating at a high level,” Saleh said. “He was definitely impressive today.”

The Jets defense was equally as dominant as the offense.

The Patriots and quarterback Jacoby Brissett had no time to breathe.

They gained one yard on their first drive, going three-and-out as Brissett faced heavy pressure.

There were questions about how the Jets pass rush would be without Jermaine Johnson.

On this night, the pass rush looked just fine.

Will McDonald continued his hot play with two sacks after notching three in Tennessee on Sunday.

The Jets sacked Brissett seven times in the game, which should quiet the cries for Haason Reddick for at least a week.

The Patriots’ best play of the first half came when Brissett threw the ball deep toward Tyquan Thornton and D.J. Reed was penalized for pass interference.

That set up a 44-yard field goal from Joey Slye to cut the lead to 14-3.

The Jets had a chance to push the lead back to 14 points before halftime but Greg Zuerlein missed a 45-yard field goal, so the Jets went into the break up 11 points after dominating the yardage 252 to 40 in the half.

After the defense forced a stop to start the second half, Rodgers again drove the Jets to the end zone.

He engineered an 11-play, 66-yard drive that finished with Garrett Wilson’s first touchdown reception from Rodgers to give the Jets a 21-3 lead.

For anyone who has watched Jets-Patriots for the last 20 years, this felt like a Bizarro World where the Jets were the team with the great offense and the Patriots looked like they could not get out of their own way.

This was the first time the Jets faced the Patriots without Bill Belichick as their head coach since 1999.

The 15-game losing streak that was snapped last year feels like a distant memory for the Jets.

The Jets come out of a brutal opening stretch of three games in 11 days at 2-1.

They have to be happy with that.

The Jets opened the season with a trip to San Francisco for a Monday night game and then had to go to Tennessee on a short week before preparing for the Patriots on a Thursday.

Now, the Jets get nine days to prepare for a dismal Broncos team and a chance to go to 3-1.