The question to Nathaniel Hackett was simple: What would he consider the strength of the Jets’ offense — the slumping and historically poor offense — halfway through the season with nine games left to dictate their postseason fate?

He didn’t say the running game, with budding star Breece Hall.

He didn’t say quarterback Zach Wilson and the passing game, either, which would’ve been questionable — but at least something specific.

Instead, Hackett’s phrasing implied the Jets are still figuring out their most powerful attribute, still searching for answers as to why opening drives, red zone, third downs and just about everything else have been unsolvable.

“Right now, I think all of us are trying to find out what we can do best and consistently,” the offensive coordinator said. “There are some great opportunities that show some explosive plays. We’re always looking for those things and we love those, but we need to be consistent in certain things, and that’s what we’re looking for.”

Hackett said it’s “unbelievably frustrating” the Jets have produced some of the worst numbers in NFL history. Nearly everything that could implode has imploded.

The offensive line. The veteran offseason additions. The quarterback. Hackett didn’t solely blame Wilson and added the Jets are trying everything — including more no-huddle — to spark their offense.

“For us, again, it’s not just [Wilson],” Hackett said. “It’s us as a group. It starts with me. It’s all the guys. So we just all need to be more consistent for Zach.”

The teams with offenses worse than the Jets (16.5 points per game) are the Patriots and the Giants, and the Jets haven’t scored a touchdown on a drive that lasted longer than one play since Oct. 1. Their 22 percent third-down clip marks the NFL’s worst since at least 1978, according to ESPN.

Their red-zone scoring percentage (23.8) remains the worst in the league and the worst in decades. Wilson, with five passing touchdowns and five interceptions, hasn’t masked Gang Green’s Aaron Rodgers void.

The offense has looked broken. Against the Chargers, the Jets lost three fumbles, and Hackett said overcoming those turnovers reflects the “hump” they haven’t surpassed. He echoed head coach Robert Saleh’s line about players pressing to make the game-changing, offense-saving play, which, Hackett said, might’ve led to Garrett Wilson’s fumble on Monday night.

“You always want guys to have an urgency and an attack mindset, but you have to do it within a controlled environment even though it’s a wild environment that we put them out there on,” Hackett said.

Zach Wilson admitted he and Hackett engaged in difficult conversations about what went wrong. But the list extends beyond their poor quarterback play. Allen Lazard, who signed for four years and $44 million, has performed “nowhere near where I want to be.” Dalvin Cook, supposedly the final piece, has 121 rushing yards. Randall Cobb, veered away from retirement by Rodgers, has been inactive the last two games and essentially replaced by Xavier Gipson. The offensive line will likely start another new combination Sunday after Billy Turner’s finger injury.

The Jets are a shadow of the consistency they — and Hackett — expected.

“That dude is relentless,” Wilson said. “He wants to be great just like everybody else in this room. He does a great job of just keep fighting, putting plans together.”

It’s not a new crisis for Hackett, though. Last season, as Denver’s head coach, the Broncos averaged a league-worst 16.9 points per game — never topping 30 points in a game until the final week. By that time, Hackett had first surrendered play-calling and then been fired.

But if last year’s Broncos debacle was an anomaly, this year’s follow-up hasn’t quelled concerns. Everything changed four offensive snaps into the season, when Rodgers tore his Achilles. Then, Hackett couldn’t get the offense into a rhythm.

He’s in a situation similar to one his father, Paul, once encountered as Jets offensive coordinator before resigning in January 2005, when the frustrations continued to mount for an offense that finished 17th, 15th, 23rd and 17th in scoring across his four seasons.

“They’re searching, they’re scratching, they’re clawing, they’re trying to turn over every stone and eventually you hope we find our groove,” Saleh said about Hackett and the coaching staff.

Wilson expressed optimism that the offense is close — even as he gets “sick of that” line. Hackett said last week they’re close, too, and quickly added that no one wants to be close. They want to figure it out. But then the Chargers game happened, more questions emerged about the offense and the offense continued spiraling toward a breaking point.

So now Hackett faces the same dilemma as his father. The Jets have Hackett déjà vu 19 years later.