FLORHAM PARK, N. J. — As the head coach of an NFL team that has lost seven straight games, even Rex Ryan is aware of how silly his unyielding sunny recaps of practice must sound these days.

“Today we had a good practice,” the embattled New York Jets head coach said Wednesday afternoon. “I always seem to say it, and we have had a lot of good practices. So hopefully it will carry over into the game. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been a great indicator of how we have been playing.”

Of course, given that nothing of note goes on during the 30 minutes that the media is allowed to watch practice each day, there’s no way to know the accuracy of Ryan’s praise.

But with Ryan almost certainly down to his final eight games with the Jets, he’s going to stick to the script and believe that the Jets’ proper preparation just hasn’t translated to game day yet.

“I think we’re a talented football team — I have always said that,” Ryan said. “I believe we are a talented football team. It hasn’t gone our way yet. It doesn’t mean we’re playing perfect yet, by any stretch of the imagination. We clearly have to get better.”

At 1-7, that much is obvious. But in addition to their talent deficiencies on both sides of the ball, the Jets are also hurting themselves with sloppy, undisciplined play.

The Jets tied for first in the NFL with 18 turnovers and tied for fifth with 63 penalties, though they are only tied for 11th in average penalties per game because they’ve yet to have the bye week.

“We’re not a bad football team, we just do stupid stuff,” wide receiver Eric Decker said following Sunday’s 43-23 loss to the Buffalo Bills.

The debate over who is at fault for the stupid stuff — coaches who allow it to happen or players who can’t help themselves — has filled hours of sports talk radio in the New York area. Even Ryan sounded a bit conflicted Monday.

“It is tough to look out there and see us making the same mistakes,” Ryan said. “That is on coaching first. And then players have to be accountable as well.”

There was finally some accountability exercised at quarterback, where Geno Smith has been benched in favor of Michael Vick. Ryan, who pulled Smith after the second-year signal caller threw interceptions on three straight series in the first quarter Sunday, refused to say this week whether or not the benching was permanent, but as long as Vick performs capably, it is difficult to envision him losing the job.

“I think he looked pretty good,” Ryan said Wednesday afternoon, shortly after Vick’s first practice as the starting quarterback.

Of course, what else did you expect him to say?

NOTES: CB Marcus Williams was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster on Tuesday. … LB A.J. Edds was released. … LB Chris Young was signed by the Jets to their practice squad on Wednesday. Young signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in May out of Arizona State.