Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich is trying to tackle the team’s biggest defensive issue — tackling. Ulbrich saw his team miss 20 tackles in Sunday’s 31-6 loss to the Cardinals. He is trying to get things fixed with some changes in practice this week.

NEW YORK — In ... against the Cardinals, the Jets are returning to the basics this week ahead of their game against the Colts. “Tomorrow, we are going to be in pads for the entire practice,” Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich said on Wednesday.

“Defensively, the story was tackling, 100 percent,” Ulbrich said. “An egregious, criminal amount, of missed tackles.” From a player perspective, linebacker Jamien Sherwood provided the context. While the Jets have only won one game since Ulbrich took over as interim head coach, Sherwood is not pointing fingers.

Interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich revealed his plan to improve the New York Jets' tackling while acknowledging numerous injuries.

He isn't Jim Mora, but Jets' interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich did offer a notable response when asked about his team's fleeting playoff chances following Sunday's 31-6 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Sunday's loss (their sixth in their last seven games) dropped the Jets to 3-7.

"We're going to keep fighting. In all honesty, the playoffs should be the last thing on our mind right now. We've just got to play better football," said Jeff Ulbrich after the 31-6 road loss that dropped the Jets' record to 3-7 overall.

New York Jets head coach Jeff Ulbrich revealed the main culprit behind his team's embarrassing loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

The team missed 20 tackles last Sunday, including a Sauce Gardner flub on a key third-down in the second quarter, when the game was still within reach.