“He’s really harder on himself more than anybody,” Reich said after one of the longest and hottest practices of camp. “A quarterback, you’ve just got to be unflappable. And I think we all know Bryce has that gene. Nothing really changes his pulse.

“But yet, he’s the ultimate competitor, he’s got that drive to be great. So that’s what you want.”

That Young waited that long to show frustration actually was impressive. On a day when he completed 7 of 15 passes, there were three drops — two in the end zone — and multiple pre-snap penalties that led to the defense winning the day.

There also were a few times when it appeared a receiver ran the wrong route, and more than the normal amount of balls thrown high and out of bounds.

“As a competitor … we all get frustrated,” Young said. “But we have to do a better job of bringing stuff back and really stepping back and making sure that even if it’s not our day, for one period or one play, we’re able to flip the script.

“We didn’t do a good enough job of that today. But that’s what training camp is for.”

On the two-minute drive, everything was going as planned, but the offense still needed a touchdown, according to the script. So Reich called one of his “specialty plays” that turned out anything but special.

“I haven’t talked to him yet, but I think he was expecting somebody to do something different than what they did,” Reich said of Young. “Then I ended up blowing the whistle a little early because it didn’t quite develop and I didn’t want to see a big collision in the end zone.”

Then came the frustration, slightly more animated than the day before when Young threw a football into the ground on a day in which he was under more duress than normal.

Young said the key when moments like this happen is to “embrace it and funnel it.”

“There are only two options at a certain point,” Young said. “Are you going to let it dwell? Or are you going to let it affect you the next play? Or are you going to move on and get better? And the only thing you can do is focus on the next rep.

“So you’re constantly turning the page.”

In the end, Young said, “There’s a lot of things I’ve got to do better.”

Asked if he believes Payton broke the code of the coaching fraternity, Hackett said, “I do. I do.” He said the criticism was “very expected. You knew it was going to happen. You knew he was going to handle it that way at some point. That’s how it was going all last year.”

Payton, who worked as a Fox Sports studio analyst last season after 15 years as coach of the New Orleans Saints, was critical of the Broncos. He ripped them for allowing Wilson to have a private coach and his own office at the team facility. Payton also jabbed them for disciplinary issues and clock-management problems. Hackett was fired with a 4-11 record, as Wilson suffered the worst statistical season of his career. New ownership hired Payton to resurrect the franchise.

The Jets face the Broncos Oct. 8 in Denver.

“It’s unfortunate that it had to happen, the comments that were made, but, hey, they did,” Hackett said. “I’ll tell you, I was probably more surprised that it happened now. [I] was definitely expecting them in Week 5 [when the two teams play each other]. So, I’m almost thankful that we got that out of the way. We all understand the way certain people feel and think.”

Asked about the Week 5 matchup, Hackett smiled and said, “It’s just another game.”

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers continued to defend Hackett, saying “a lot of people were surprised” by Payton’s criticism.

“I didn’t like it at all,” said Rodgers, who called Payton “insecure” in a previous interview.

Hackett, whose father, Paul, was a longtime NFL and college coach, said the controversy has galvanized the team. He appeared genuinely touched by the support from the organization, saying players he doesn’t know — on the defensive side of the ball — have offered encouraging words. Former players, too, have reached out.

“Everybody has been unbelievable,” Hackett said. “I think that’s something that’s just awesome. It has brought our team together.”