“Happy moments, praise God. Difficult moments, seek God. Quiet moments, worship God. Painful moments, trust God. Every moment, THANK GOD.’’
That passage appeared shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday in the form of a Tim Tebow tweet as he took a moment to deliver his message to the masses that includeto his 1,913,218 Twitter followers.
In light of the current state of the Jets — who despite their 2-2 record, their tie for first place in the AFC East and their 2-0 division record have the look and feel of a losing team in freefall — Tebow probably should have underlined “Difficult moments, seek God.’’
The Jets are, indeed, facing difficult moments, beginning with a Monday night matchup against the potent 4-0 Texans at MetLife Stadium — a game few believe the Jets have any chance of winning.
Whether God can or will help the Jets score a touchdown or three against the Texans’ No. 1 ranked defense or stop Texans running back Arian Foster and quarterback Matt Schaub is very much up for debate.
It is as much up for debate as whether the Jets have enough (any?) leaders in their locker room who are capable of lifting the team up in this time of crisis.
“I look around that locker room and I don’t see anybody,’’ current ESPN analyst and former Jets tackle Damien Woody told The Post yesterday.
Mark Sanchez, as quarterback, would be a natural choice, but he has played so poorly in the last three games it has to diminish his power as a locker room leader.
“If you’re not playing well, guys are not going to respect what you have to say,’’ Woody said. “They’ll be like, ‘Well, who are you to talk? You need to play better. Why should I listen to you? You haven’t gotten it done on the field.’ ’’
Woody sensed a lack of leadership when no Jet responded to 49ers cornerback Carlos Rogers saying this week the Jets quit on Sunday.
“That’s a prime example of no leadership,’’ Woody said. “I didn’t see one player come out and say, ‘That’s BS.’ [Jets linebacker] Aaron Maybin, said, ‘Well, judging by the way we played it’s hard to argue against him.’ Are you kidding me? You can’t say that. You’re basically admitting to it.’’
Asked yesterday who his leaders are, coach Rex Ryan stammered a bit before saying, “I think we all are,’’ then mentioning linebacker Bart Scott, safety Eric Smith and veteran right guard Brandon Moore.
“We don’t have that vocal person, but I don’t know if that’s what’s hindering us from performing at a high level,’’ Moore said yesterday.
“We all held each other accountable,’’ Woody said, recalling Thomas Jones, Tony Richardson, LaDainian Tomlinson and Sean Ellis as the locker room leaders when he played. “I think that made Rex’s job a lot easier, because he didn’t have to worry about the locker room. But now, Rex has to worry about, ‘Am I going to lose the locker room? What type of guys do I have in the locker room?’ You have to wonder after what happened last year.
“This thing could get really ugly.I fear what might happen Monday night. [It] could be bad. This Texans team is even better than the 49ers.’’
Even Ryan, who has proven himself to be a strong leader when his team is playing well, is exposing himself as an unproven product during difficult times.
In his Wednesday press conference, Ryan seemed to be stripped of his signature bravado, sounding almost meek. He was more upbeat yesterday, but hints of humble resignation were still laced throughout his demeanor and in his words.
Woody said he listened to Ryan’s press conference live and did not recognize the man who was his former head coach.
“That was not the Rex Ryan I know,’’ Woody said. “He didn’t sound like the same guy. He almost sounded defeated. I was shocked listening to him. It’s sad, man, it really is sad.’’