HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- As Keyshawn Johnson walked around the New York Jets' locker room, he stopped periodically to joke with teammates. There didn't appear to be any animosity over a comment he made following a loss in Indianapolis.

	Keyshawn Johnson is extremely frustrated by the Jets' 4-7 record.

Listening to Johnson's explanation Monday for his short tirade after the defeat was confusing business. Johnson admitted using the term "losers," although he was careful to include himself in such an indictment.

"I always include myself every time I talk," Johnson said. "I can't do it on my own. I'm not Superman. This is not basketball. It's collective. Football needs 11 guys."

He isn't sure all 11 guys on each unit -- particularly the offense -- are working together, or whether they carry the correct attitude on a team that is 4-7 and out of the AFC playoff chase.

"I'm not saying anybody is accepting it, and they better not be around me if they are," Johnson said of anyone with a losing attitude. "I don't accept it because I won't. But anyone saying I'm pointing fingers, that's a bunch of New York media hype.

"I didn't call any players losers. I said I will not accept losing. Why should I? I'm supposed to accept losing?"

Of course not. But should he be declaring out loud, "I don't want to be around no losers?"

That pronouncement came on his way off the field and before he entered the locker room at the RCA Dome after a 13-6 defeat. No teammates said they heard it, and coach Bill Parcells said he was unaware of what Johnson said, even though Indianapolis newspapers reported that Parcells was nearby when Johnson made his comment.

Johnson did question his team's exertion Monday, again without singling out anybody.

"Maybe if they had more of a sense of urgency, we would not be in this position," he said. "Part of the loss is the effort. You've got to put in the effort for four quarters."

The Jets were pitiful against a mediocre Colts defense, gaining just 214 yards, 88 in the air. That negated a masterful defensive performance in which New York limited the AFC's most potent attack to 287 yards and had three takeaways.

Johnson caught just four passes for 56 yards, and he was ignored for much of the second and third quarters.

"Everybody's got their ways of venting their frustration," fellow receiver Wayne Chrebet said. "Whatever he meant by it, he meant by it, but you can't read into it. If he has something to say, he'll say it."

Did Chrebet, who could not hold a fourth-down pass in the end zone on the Jets' final play, take Johnson's comment personally?

"Why should I?" he said.

Johnson's relationship with Chrebet remains cold. However, it would be a stretch to suggest Johnson was referring to Chrebet as a loser.

"At times in a war, you want to make sure everybody is fighting with you," Johnson said. "It's not like you have two or three guys fighting. Everyone drinks the wine and champagne when you win. Ask around in this locker room, and they feel the same way. One person feeds off the next."