The Jets decided to pay tribute to Zach Wilson on Sunday upon his return to MetLife Stadium with the Broncos. They looked rotten on offense, just like the bad old days when Wilson was their quarterback.

The Broncos stunned the Jets 10-9 on a day when the Jets failed to reach the end zone for the first time this season.

The Jets fell to 2-2 and now face a tough stretch of their schedule.

The final gasp came with 51 seconds left when Greg Zuerlein missed a 50-yard field goal that would have given the Jets the lead.

Days like these would be over for the Jets offense with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback and Wilson now the third quarterback in Denver.

Instead, they seemed out of sync all day and could never find the rhythm they showed against the Patriots a week ago.

The Jets committed a whopping 13 penalties in this game, which will need to be resolved if they want to do anything this season. They had five false start penalties, two on running back Breece Hall, who had a terrible day.

They stopped trips all the time with fines. Something was going on early in the fourth quarter, but wide receiver Allen Lazard was assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when he celebrated a catch by mimicking weapons with his fingers.

The penalty moved the ball from the Broncos’ 18 to the 33. They still managed to stay on first one more time, but the momentum was gone and the Jets had to settle for a 40-yard field goal by Zuerlein to give them a 9-7 lead.

The Broncos answered with a field goal of their own as the Jets defense struggled to keep Denver running back Javonte Williams from getting on the drive. Wil Lutz kicked a 47-yard field goal to give the Broncos a 10-9 lead.

The Jets had a chance for a game-winning drive with 2:33 left after the defense forced a three-and-out from the Broncos. They moved the ball from the 33 to their own 45-yard line, but the drive then died with two Rodgers incompletions intended for Wilson and an incompletion intended for Xavier Gipson. On both second and third downs, Wilson and Gipson didn’t look ready for the pass and never turned their heads. On fourth-and-10, Broncos safety P.J. Locke blew and sacked Rodgers to end the drive.

Denver got the ball back and Lutz missed a 50-yard field goal.

The Jets took over with 1:27 left and no timeouts at their own 40. Rodgers threw a 9-yard completion to Hall, then Broncos cornerback Riley Moss gifted the Jets with a pass interference penalty to get the ball to the Denver 36 to move. They got four more yards, but couldn’t get any closer, setting up a 50-yard field goal that Zuerlein missed wide right.

The first half was painful to watch. Rookie quarterback Bo Nix somehow completed seven passes and had -7 yards. The Broncos had 46 total yards in the first half. The Jets were only slightly better at 101 yards.

The Jets’ offense can be summed up in one drive that bridged the first and second quarters. The Jets defense forced a turnover, with Quincy Williams drilling running back Tyler Badie and forcing a fumble that Michael Carter II recovered. The Jets then got help from the Broncos when defensive back Riley Moss was called for pass interference in the end zone on Lazard to give the Jets the ball at the 1-yard line. But the Jets were loaded. Hall rushed twice for no gain, then Rodgers had an incompletion. On fourth and goal from the 1, guard John Simpson committed a false start, pushing the Jets back to the 6 and setting up Zuerlein for a field goal.

For some reason, the Jets didn’t give rookie Braelon Allen a single shot at the goal line, despite being built for short-yardage situations.

The Jets scored a field goal just before halftime to make it 6-0.

The Broncos took the lead for the first time with 3:08 left in the third quarter when Nix threw the first touchdown of his career, an 8-yard completion to a wide-open Courtland Sutton.

The Jets now face a tough stretch on their schedule. They face the Vikings at home in London next week on Monday night, then travel to Pittsburgh to play the Steelers on “Sunday Night Football.”