The Jets have been waiting for Aaron Rodgers to play like this

There were 15 completions in 18 pass attempts, three touchdown passes and 179 yards through the air.

It all came in a one-sided second half.

This was the Aaron Rodgers the Jets were waiting to see.

After a shaky first half, the four-time MVP found his groove, helping deliver a much-needed 21-13 victory over the AFC South-leading Texans at MetLife Stadium on Thursday night.

Rodgers became the first Jets quarterback to throw for three scores in a single game since Mike White did it against the Bears on November 27, 2022.

He threw two of them to Garrett Wilson and another to Davante Adams.

“Night and day,” Adams said when asked about Rodgers’ second-half performance. “I think it was everybody. We had all kinds of hiccups early. (No.) 12 … 8 … turned it around. Still not used to it (new number). He turned it around and we were able to finally figuring it out.”

There were a number of positives for the Jets as they snapped a five-game losing streak.

The defense recorded a season-high eight sacks and limited the Texans to two second-half field goals.

Adams and Wilson finally looked like the dynamic tandem the Jets hoped they would become after they made the move to acquire Adams from the Raiders.

But Rodgers looking like Rodgers was at the top of the list.

“I played about as bad as I could in the first half and I knew it had to get better from there,” said Rodgers, who was 7-for-14 for 32 yards in the first half.

It had been a struggle for him. During the losing streak, he threw almost as many interceptions (six) as touchdown passes (seven).

He had chances late in several of the losses to pull out wins, but couldn’t do it.

The immediate trend came to an end against the Titans.

With the game on the line, he made big plays and the Jets can now look to turn their year around.

“It was kind of a season on the line there in the second half. Obviously, we wouldn’t have been mathematically eliminated. But mentally, going 2-7 would have been really tough, Rodgers said. “Hopefully this gives us confidence that we can beat anyone because we feel we can. The way we played offensively in the second half is the way we’ve been waiting for this offense to kind of wake up. I was close to perfection, as I should be, but that’s the standard I have to play to.”