ORCHARD PARK – It was another Flag Day for the Jets.

The Jets suffered 16 penalties in Sunday’s 40-14 loss to the Bills.

That’s the most since Dec. 23, 2018, when they also had 16 against the Packers.

It’s the third-most penalties in franchise history.

“It starts and ends with me,” said interim coach Jeff Ulbrich. “I have to do a better job so it doesn’t happen, of course, but there is a better understanding of why it can’t happen. You can’t overcome that against teams, especially a team like Buffalo that’s on the rise and playing top-flight football. It killed us, got us behind the posts several times and gave them longer attacks on offense. Not good enough.”

The Jets now lead the NFL with 131 accepted penalties this season.

It’s not a new problem for the Jets, but it kept popping up on Sunday.

They had five personal foul penalties.

Things got so bad that even quarterback Aaron Rodgers received an unnecessary roughness penalty for pushing Christian Benford out of bounds after his interception.

“I don’t think I put much pressure on him,” Rodgers said. “I was just chasing the play.”

There were a few questionable calls, but even if you took those away, the Jets would still be committing double-digit penalties, giving the Bills help they didn’t need.

“At the end of the day, (16) penalties are not acceptable at any level of football,” tight end Tyler Conklin said. “To achieve that, you obviously won’t come here and do a good job.”

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CB Sauce Gardner was questionable to play against the Bills due to a hamstring injury.

Gardner played, but left the game in the first half when the injury began to bother him again.

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Gardner said it was important for him to play because he knows the team will look different in 2025.

“This locker room won’t look the same next year in terms of players and coaches,” Gardner said. “In terms of players, that’s one thing, but coaches who coached me for three years may not be here next year. I don’t even know what’s going to happen. I just tried to give everything for them, for the organization, for my teammates, for my coaches.”

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Rodgers was sacked four times, bringing his career total to 568 sacks, the most in NFL history.

Tom Brady held the mark with 565.

“I’ve got Tom in there,” Rodgers said.

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WR Garrett Wilson had seven catches for 66 yards and a touchdown.

He now has 1,053 receiving yards this season.

He is the first Jets player to have 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first three seasons and the 10th player in NFL history to do so.

The last Jet to post three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons was George Sauer in 1966-68.

His 97 receptions this season represent a career high and are the second most in Jets history, behind Brandon Marshall’s mark of 109 in 2015.