Jets coach Robert Saleh finally echoed what his team’s fans have been saying for days about Zach Wilson.

“We all acknowledge he has to play better. We all acknowledge that,” Saleh said Wednesday. “He acknowledges it, teammates acknowledge it, he acknowledges it himself, but the key is to have confidence in yourself. You have to.”

It was a change in approach for Saleh, who was over the top in his defense of Wilson on Monday, a day after the Jets’ 15-10 loss to the Patriots.

Saleh’s comments on Monday defending Wilson were followed by team legend Joe Namath ripping Wilson and the organization later that day, Aaron Rodgers saying the team needs to grow up on Tuesday and rumblings about the team possibly fracturing.

It’s been a dizzying week in Jetsland, and now the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs come to MetLife Stadium for “Sunday Night Football.”

Saleh and Jets players pushed back on the idea that the noise around the team is penetrating the locker room, as the Jets try to avoid a 1-2 start spiraling out of control.

“We know people are going to come up with all kinds of stuff, all kind of foolery just to turn us against each other because it’s happened all five of my years being here,” defensive star Quinnen Williams said. “People coming up with rumors and different stuff about the locker room and what’s being said in the locker room, but nobody’s on this team and nobody knows what really goes on in this locker room but us.”

Frustration bubbled over on the sideline Sunday when running back Michael Carter yelled at his position coach and wide receiver Garrett Wilson got frustrated speaking to offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett.

Both of those incidents were caught by CBS cameras and have fueled the idea that frustration is getting the better of the Jets as they deal with the disappointment of losing Rodgers on the first series of the season.

“We’ve got a great locker room. Locker room is locked in. Is there frustration? Of course there is,” Saleh said. “Any time you lose two in a row there’s going to be frustration. It’s the NFL. When you lose, it feels like the world is caving in, when you win, everyone puts you on a pedestal, but there’s still a lot of confidence in the locker room.”

Williams used a different word than frustration to describe what is going on inside the Jets.

“I don’t think it’s frustration at all,” Williams said. “I think it’s a lot of urgency, trying to get things corrected, trying to get things on the right path, trying to get things to the way we know we can be as a team, we know we can be as a defense. I think it’s not stress, not panic, not frustration, but urgency to get everything right so we can win football games.”

Saleh spent part of his news conference on Wednesday responding to what others said this week.

One of those was Namath, who went on “The Michael Kay Show” on Monday and said the team should dump Wilson and ripped the entire organization.

“Joe is an icon, a Hall of Famer, and a well-respected individual in this organization,” Saleh said. “Door’s always open for him to walk in, and my office is always open for him, but we’ll agree to disagree with his comments, but he is entitled to those comments.”

The other comments came from Rodgers, who did his weekly spot on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday and said the Jets need to grow up and show more poise.

“He’s as much of a coach as he is a player,” Saleh said of Rodgers, “and he’s been around youth and he’s been around adversity, and he’s seen it all. So for him to recognize that and talk through it, I think he’s not wrong in that when you have frustration, it’s easy to look for answers when sometimes the most important answer is inward, and that’s the only way you can defeat adversity is to look inward and find ways to be your personal best.

“As it pertains to what he said, he’s not wrong, but at the same time, it’s just a bunch of young guys showing a little frustration, but they’ll be all right.”