Gang can bring some positivity to season by taking care of business vs. winless Fish

IT’S EASIER said than done, of course.

But, if the Jets are going to wrest themselves out of the abyss in which they have been mired for most of this season, they have to purge the negativity that has swirled around their locker room and turn it into positive energy.

The only immediate path to realizing that goal: Kick the 0-8 Dolphins while they’re down Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium and put a halt to the negative narrative.

Unless you’re new around here, you’re aware of what the narrative has been as this game has approached. Every bit of it is negative.

“Will Jets fans revolt if the Jets lose to a winless Dolphins team that’s trying to tank the season to secure the top draft pick?’’

“Wouldn’t it be fitting if former Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, now starting for

Miami, haunts them like Chad Pennington did (with more at stake) in 2008?’’

“Will Jets head coach Adam Gase be fired if he can’t beat the team that fired him last January?’’ “If the Jets lose to the Dolphins, it would be a low point that will rival the dire and calamitous Rich Kotite era.’’

What if the Jets win the game? Then what?

Then they would be 2-6 with a home game against the Giants (2-6 entering this week) next Sunday at MetLife Stadium. After the Giants game comes a game against the Redskins (1-7 entering this week) in Maryland.

Light at the end of the dark tunnel they’re in right now.

That light, though, is difficult to see based on all the bad things that have taken place in the first eight weeks. First, there was linebacker

C.J. Mosley injured in Week 1 and possibly out for the season. Then came Sam Darnold’s mononucleosis.

More recently was the “hesaid, he-said” injury flap involving guard Kelechi Osemele and his shoulder that either did or did not require immediate surgery. Then came the trade of Leonard Williams, the sixth-overall pick in the 2015 draft, to the Giants.

Most recently has been the Jamal Adams affair, which as of Friday still hung in the air, with the starting safety and team captain telling reporters he spoke to team owner Christopher Johnson about his public anti-team outburst stemming from general manager Joe Douglas listening to trade offers for him.

Wading through all of that nonsense is a game the Jets absolutely, positively have to win on Sunday or this season truly will spiral into an oblivion no one associated with the team wants any part of.

“Without a doubt, we’ve got to win,’’ linebacker Bran

don Copeland told The Post Friday. “I’m not going to sugarcoat that by any stretch.’’

Copeland’s teammates, if they have any doubts about how motivated they are with the team struggling at 1-6, would do themselves some good following his philosophy.

“Speaking for myself, it’s easy for me to phase that negative stuff out once we get between the white lines, because I understand that this is not promised,’’ Copeland said. “I’ve been on practice squads, I’ve been cut, I had [pectoral] surgery, I sat out for a season, I got suspended when I didn’t think I should have gotten suspended. So, seeing that nameplate above my locker, I understand that this is not promised.

“I understand [negative] things are going on around me, but when I’m between the lines I don’t have time to worry about the other stuff, because that’s the quickest way to, one, get hurt, two, not do my job and be in a UHaul truck out of here. And, most importantly, I’m a pro.’’

Center Jonotthan Harrison said, “The level of pro you are and the level of maturity you have is what decides or helps shape the way the team responds.

“This locker room has a lot of maturity and a lot of pros and a lot of younger guys that are willing to buy into what the older guys have to say.’’

Gase insisted Friday it’s not difficult for the players to drown out the negative noise because the “great escape for us is we go to the next game.’’

“If we’re worried about anything else outside of that, it’s going to magnify, it’s going to keep stacking,’’ Gase said. “That’s why our focus just needs to be on this week.’’

Despite the weakness of the opponent, it’s a week that, with a win, the Jets can shift the focus from negative to positive with a fun hometown matchup against the Giants awaiting next.