At other postgame news conferences during his storied two-decades-long NFL career, Aaron Rodgers would be offering short, happy, snappy answers about his and his teams' latest game-winning drive, fourth-quarter comeback and postseason prospects.

But Rodgers at MetLife Stadium late Sunday afternoon, while offering some short, thoughtful replies to questions, was as muted as Jets fans have seen him since his arrival before the 2023 NFL Draft.

"Disappointed ... disappointed," Rodgers said about his emotions after the Jets fell to 3-8 as a result of their come-from-behind-fall-from-ahead 28-27 loss to the Colts.

"Yeah, I mean it's disappointing — I've said that three times now," he expanded on the offensive problems that rose up early, disappeared midgame, then reappeared late as the Jets lost leads of 24-16 with 13 minutes to play and 27-22 with 2:41 on the clock. "We've been working really hard trying to figure out what the issues are.

"It's not just one person. Sometimes it's me, sometimes it's somebody else. I felt good about the two-minute drive [near the end of the first half], the momentum was going, the crowd was getting into it. But unfortunately, we didn't score enough points. That's been our problem all year."

Rodgers faulted his own play, which started out underwhelming for the home fans as the Green & White opened with four 3-and-out series and a 4-play loss on downs, during which they gained 27 yards combined and Rodgers was 5-for-8 passing for 10 yards.

"It was a little bit of everything," he said of those first 27 minutes of offense. "It was execution, I missed a couple of throws, we had a couple of MAs [missed assignments]. A little bit of everything."

"I know Aaron would love to be playing better," interim HC Jeff Ulbrich said. "But it's not just him, it's all of us."

Then suddenly, with 2:17 to play, it was all of the Jets on offense rising up in a good way. They scored their first TD on a 29-yard catch-and-run from Rodgers to Breece Hall, continued with a 25-yard drive after a takeaway at the top of the third quarter with Hall's 18-yard TD dash, and seemingly cemented a much-needed victory with Rodgers' TD toss to TE Kenny Yeboah early in the final frame for that 24-16 advantage.

From there Indianapolis and young QB Anthony Richardson rose up themselves with a pair of 70-yard TD drives to take the 28-27 lead in the final minute.

En route to that juncture, Rodgers wasn't criticizing the Jets playcalling but was "a little confused" because he said sideline talk was possibly going for two points if they scored their final TD but then Ulbrich and his staff went for the kick and the 24-16 edge instead.

Then with 2:44 to play, the Jets faced 4th-and-2 at the Indy 17. The offense stayed on the field with Rodgers trying to draw the Colts offside but they didn't bite. The Jets used their second timeout, then rather than going for it, new kicker Anders Carlson completed his 3-for-3 game with a 35-yard field goal and the 27-22 edge.

"I felt we needed to get 30 at the beginning of the game," Rodgers said. "Now obviously, the way we played, we needed to get 30 to win. If we were a great team, we would've scored seven there."

Rodgers then clarified that that was not a critique of the field goal decision but a statement on "some mistakes that stopped the drive" before it got to 4th-and-2.

Regardless, the game came down to the Jets having 46 seconds and no timeouts left to move roughly 35 yards into the range of Carlson, who set his personal best as well as the Jets' home franchise distance record with his 58-yard field goal late in the third quarter. The first play sealed the deal as Rodgers suffered a stripsack fumble that Tyler Conklin recovered but back at the Jets 17 with the clock running. A short Hall completion and a final Rodgers sack ended the game.

"It was not a very good play," the QB said of the stripsack. "I was getting rushed, I knew Conk was out there somewhere. I tried to throw it forward, tried to throw an incompletion ... a pretty bad play."

A small consolation to the loss was that as Ulbrich and Rodgers both said, this coming week is a good time for the Jets' bye week before they start their final six games with the Dec. 1 home game against Seattle.

"I'm in my 20th year. I've figured out a way to do this for a long time," Rodgers said of how he would remain motivated for the upcoming stretch. "You've just got to remember why you fell in love with this game. This definitely will be a week to clear our heads, come back, and stick together."