Muhammad Wilkerson: Todd Bowles ripped Jets after loss to Texans

Todd Bowles does indeed have a temper. He was visibly irritated Sunday after the Jets' mistake-filled loss in Houston, and it wasn't long before his players felt his wrath.

"Coach Todd, after the game, went off on us and told us, 'Losing is not acceptable,' '' defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson said Tuesday during his weekly radio spot on WFAN. "He doesn't like losing. I'm pretty sure that everybody in the locker room definitely needs to have that spark lit under them this week, and we need to get these wins rolling quickly.''

After a 4-1 start, the Jets are in danger of missing out on the playoffs after losing four of the past five games. Their sloppy effort in the 24-17 loss to the Texans infuriated Bowles.

"I'm extremely upset, but I'm not going to take it out here,'' Bowles told reporters after the game. "We'll discuss that in-house when I get back in the locker room and we get in the meeting.''

And he wasn't kidding.

"He's an emotional guy,'' Wilkerson said. "He yells at us when things are not going as they should on the field, and they're not looking the way he expects it to be. He definitely gets on us.''

Dolphins claim Coples

It didn't take long for Quinton Coples to find a new home. Miami claimed the former Jets defensive end-turned-outside linebacker off waivers Tuesday, just a day after the former first-round pick was released. The move wasn't surprising, considering the Dolphins' executive director of football operations, Mike Tannenbaum, drafted Coples 16th overall in 2012 when he was the Jets' general manager.

On Monday, Bowles called Coples' release a "business move'' and that it was "nothing personal.''

"We're just trying to play good football players, to play guys that want to play and that are ready to play,'' he said.

Behind closed doors, there were questions about Coples' passion for playing, sources said. It was only a matter of time before Coples and the Jets parted ways. The North Carolina product finished his disappointing tenure with the Jets with 161/2 sacks in four seasons.

Jets add LB Martin

The Jets used the roster spot vacated by Coples to sign outside linebacker Josh Martin off the Colts' practice squad and add him to their active roster. Martin. who played for Columbia, went undrafted in 2012. He had a half-sack, a forced fumble and 28 tackles in 21 games with the Chiefs (2013-14).

Martin was waived/injured by the Bucs last month and was signed to the Colts' practice squad Oct. 31.