There hasn’t been much good news around the Jets this season, and their misery was amplified after Sunday’s loss to the Raiders when veteran safety Minkah Fitzpatrick appeared to have said the team’s defensive mistakes were “Jets being Jets.” 

But Fitzpatrick reiterated Thursday he instead said it was the “Jets beating Jets,” referring to self-inflicted wounds due to penalties and miscues. 

For a team that entered the season with playoff aspirations and enters Sunday’s game in Kansas City just 2-6, having lost six of seven and three in a row, it was an unwanted distraction that Fitzpatrick said didn’t impact the mood of the locker room. 

“It hasn’t really caused any stir within this locker room,’’ Fitzpatrick said. “That’s the most important thing. Everyone in this locker room knew what I was talking about. If you look at the context of what I said, if you look at what I’ve been saying all season, we’ve been addressing ‘Jets not beating Jets’ or ‘Jets beating Jets.’ Everyone in this locker room knows exactly what I said, what I was trying to communicate, and in my opinion, that’s all that matters.” 

That, and maybe getting a win for the first time since they beat the Browns on Oct. 11. 

Sunday, they’ll visit a Chiefs team that has dropped its past two after opening the year with five consecutive wins. 

“I know what I said,’’ Fitzpatrick said. “It doesn’t matter. We’re playing Kansas City this week. … This locker room needs to focus on winning right now — and not something that I might have not said or something I might have done. Our focus and objective now is to win and not focus on should’ve, would’ve, could’ve.” 

Fitzpatrick said the controversy impacted him more because it had the potential to distract the team from what they have to do on the field to try to salvage something of what’s been another ugly season. 

“It more so bothered me in the moment, when we’re a team that’s fighting to win and we’re talking about stuff that doesn’t really matter, stuff that doesn’t factor into victory,’’ Fitzpatrick said. 

Garrett Wilson, who’s been in concussion protocol, did not practice again Thursday. If he can’t go Sunday in Kansas City, the offense will look considerably different — even if he has occasionally lacked targets. 

“In one respect, you can’t replace Garrett Wilson,’’ offensive coordinator Frank Reich said. “He’s a unique player. But on the other hand, we’re not afraid. We saw the game [Adonai Mitchell] had. We saw the game [Omar Cooper Jr.] had. We have a lot of confidence in our guys. They’re different players, so maybe you do slightly different things. If Garrett’s up, we’ll do Garrett things. If he’s not, we’ll do [Mitchell] things or [Cooper] things. You have to play to your players’ strengths.” 

David Bailey was a full participant Thursday after being limited Wednesday with a groin injury. 

After the defense was torched by Las Vegas tight end Brock Bowers on Sunday, defensive coordinator Brian Duker was asked Thursday what he expected from Kansas City and Travis Kelce. 

“I wouldn’t anticipate reading their minds on that,’’ Duker said, before adding of Kelce, “He’s probably used a little differently [than Bowers]. Obviously, both are very good, but they’re probably used a little differently.”