The questions from reporters since then have been equally repetitive, something quarterback Brett Favre noticed Wednesday.

"It was frustrating that we didn't get the ball in" the end zone, he said. "Hopefully, these questions will subside at some point. I have the utmost confidence in our offensive line. Would I liked to have thrown it? Sure, I would, but I would much rather get the ball in, whether it be running or throwing. Any quarterback who would sit up in front of you right now and tell you, in that situation, he didn't want to throw the ball would be lying."

Still, Favre has said he had no problem with the plays called by offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. Of course, even if he had, there's nothing he could have done about it at the time.

When asked Wednesday if he had the option to audible to a different play, Favre replied, "Not on the goal line, no. There's nothing to check to. But I felt very confident in (Schottenheimer's) decision to run the ball. I didn't think it would take three times (to get in), to be honest with you.

"I've got a lot of confidence in our offensive line," he added, and "in our running backs. Still do. If we got in that situation again, I think if we threw the ball, we would score. But I think if we ran it we would score as well. I really do. ... I feel very confident in Brian's play-calling ability."

Through the season's first two games, the Jets offense hasn't exactly been the juggernaut some envisioned when the Jets acquired the legendary quarterback last month. The Jets are 25th in the NFL in total offense with 274.5 yards per game and 24th in the league in scoring with 15.0 points per game.

The Jets need to let Favre do what he does best --improvise. The Jets' biggest plays Sunday came when Favre was out of the pocket, trying to make things happen.

Yet Favre indicated he doesn't feel restricted by the offensive playbook.

"I feel confident that I can go to (the coaches) at any point," he said, "and ask for something, install something that maybe we don't have in, and that it will get done.

"The path that we're on right now is the right path," he added. "(But) at the end of the season, who knows? You guys (media) may think differently. ... We lost to a very good football team. Three plays in that game didn't make the difference. There were a lot of plays that made the difference. I had numerous opportunities during the course of the game on throws that I could have made that could have been the difference that I missed."

Although San Diego is 0-2, its offense is fifth in the league with 386 yards per game, so the Jets need to find some offensive chemistry quickly in case the game becomes a back-and-forth affair. Of course, as Favre pointed out, he wants his team to score on every possession.

"That's a mindset that we all on offense should take," he said. "In a game like this, I think it's magnified even more. Every time you go three-and-out, you're giving this team another opportunity to go up on you more and more."

"As much as we can be on the field," tight end Chris Baker said, "and keep (San Diego's offense) off the field, obviously that helps, and then also putting up points when we get down there. I think we have to take on a little more responsibility. We can't put it all on the defense to just stop them. We have to play our part."

SERIES HISTORY: 31st meeting. Chargers lead series, 18-11-1. San Diego won the last meeting, 31-26 at Giants Stadium in November 2005. That game hurt the Jets, and not just on the scoreboard. TE Chris Baker was lost for the season with a fractured leg, and WR Wayne Chrebet suffered a concussion while catching a third-down pass and converting it into a first down. He never played again because of post-concussion syndrome. But the Jets have won the last three games at Qualcomm Stadium, including a wild-card playoff victory in January 2005 and a 44-13 win on Nov. 13, 2002, four days after then-coach Herm Edwards' legendary "you play to win the game" rant at the media.