Mecole Hardman doesn’t get it, either.
The new Jets receiver’s usage has been confusing through the first two games of the season, and he’s recorded just one catch for 6 yards so far.
Hardman, who emerged as one of the NFL’s fastest receivers across four seasons with the Chiefs before signing a one-year deal worth up to $6.5 million with the Jets this offseason, didn’t play a single offensive snap in the team’s Week 1 win over the Bills.
He played 14 offensive snaps, or 29.8 percent of the team’s offensive plays, in the Week 2 loss to the Cowboys, though the vast majority occurred in garbage time when the Jets were trailing big in the fourth quarter.
He’s logged just one special teams snap as well, occurring in Week 1.
“A little surprising,” Hardman told The Post after practice Wednesday before quickly changing his answer. “Very surprising, honestly. But I’m just here to do my role. When they need me, they need me. If we’re winning games, I can’t complain.”
Head coach Robert Saleh pointed to the Jets’ limited time of possession for the lack of usage for Hardman, claiming more plays on offense will allow the team to “reach deeper in the bag of play calls.”
In the eight games Hardman played last year with the Chiefs before a season-ending core injury, he never played less than 40.3 percent of the team’s snaps.
“I don’t know. I think I’m practicing hard,” Hardman said. “I think I’m doing everything right. I’ve got a good grasp of the playbook. I’m not 100 percent, but I think I’m in the 90s — 95, 96 [percent] where I could go out there and not mess up. But I don’t know, I think I’m doing good, I’ve just got to keep working hard in practice. Hopefully that shows and I start getting more reps.”
It’s part of a larger trend for the Jets, who have so far not gotten the production they expected from their new weapons.
Allen Lazard, who signed a four-year, $44 million deal, has just four catches for 69 yards.
Randall Cobb, who signed a one-year, $3 million deal, has not yet recorded a reception.
Both previously with the Packers, Lazard and Cobb played nearly exclusively with Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback, a big reason they followed him to the Jets.
Now with Zach Wilson, they’ll be needed even more.
“I came here to play for the Jets,” Cobb told The Post, adding the 44.5 percent of snaps he’s played is what he expected. “Aaron was a huge piece of that, obviously, given our history. But I’m getting paid to play for the Jets. I’m not getting paid to play for Aaron Rodgers. I’m trying to do everything I can to help this team win football games given the situation that we’re in.”