Jets coach Robert Saleh pointed the finger at himself on Monday for his time management gaffe at the end of Sunday’s 20-17 loss to the Lions.

Saleh waited until there were 19 seconds left in the game to use his first timeout and ended up leaving the game with an unused timeout.

“I think I got about a half-hour’s worth of sleep last night,” Saleh said on a Zoom call with reporters Monday morning. “There’s stuff that I definitely could have done better.”

Saleh walked reporters through the sequence. The Jets got the ball at their own 25 with 1:49 left to play and down 20-17. They had all three timeouts.

“The thought process for us is to save those three timeouts up until a minute,” Saleh said. “You want to save them for a catastrophe, whatever situation. You’re trying to save those timeouts until inside a minute.”

Saleh admitted he should have called his first timeout after Garrett Wilson caught a 10-yard pass with about 50 seconds left. But Saleh thought the Jets got a good spot on the second-and-10 play, which resulted in a first down. He was worried that a booth review might change the spot and take away the first down.

“This is the one where I definitely overthought this situation,” Saleh said. “That’s the one where I definitely overthought it. Call a timeout, there’s 49 seconds left. I felt like we got the better end of a spot and I was trying to beat New York on the challenge. That’s the one I overthought. It didn’t matter. We’re not playing for downs at this situation. We’re playing for time. When you look at it all, I definitely probably cost us one more snap.”

The Jets ended up not getting another play off until there was 31 seconds left. Saleh then used his first timeout after Zach Wilson was sacked with 19 seconds to go.

He used his second timeout with one second remaining to allow Greg Zuerlein to attempt a 58-yard field goal that sailed wide left.

Saleh was left kicking himself.

“It’s something that I definitely need to be better at. I definitely overthought it,” Saleh said. “I wish I could have had that one back.”

Saleh was asked about holding himself accountable.

“I think you just need to be yourself and be truthful with everything,” Saleh said. “It’s not to release a statement. Whether or not I preach that every day or not, that’s just who I am. You just want other people to have that same type of mindset. I don’t think there’s anyone in this building who looks inward more than I do. The biggest thing you want to do is give your guys a chance to make plays and do your job, do your job to give everybody a chance to make a play and to be the best version of themselves. In that situation, I definitely could have been better. Like I said, I overthought it.”

Jets players appreciated Saleh acknowledging his mistake.

“It has a huge impact on us,” rookie cornerback Sauce Gardner said. “He’s not just like a coach. I feel like that’s one big thing about this organization, it’s like family. … We watch the way coach Saleh carries himself. Being able to take responsibility in public, that’s big right there because most head coaches they just try to cover their behind for something. The fact that he could do something like that shows that he’s a great leader, for sure.”