San Francisco is 2-3 under Singletary, who replaced the fired Mike Nolan after the team's 2-5 start.
"He's a great motivator, but that's just one of his strengths," defensive back Donald Strickland said. "Everybody in this locker room has great respect for him, and the coaching staff has kept us in position to win games. Making a coaching change in the middle of the season could have been a distraction, but everybody here has kept working hard, and (Singletary) just increased our confidence all around."
San Francisco was outgained 350-195 last weekend, but limited Buffalo to one field goal in four trips inside the red zone.
"We set out a job and a task, and we definitely performed," Strickland said. "We're building up to something better."
The Niners may need to get better quickly in order to stop the Jets, who are third in the league with 27 red-zone touchdowns. That's due in large part to Thomas Jones, who ran for 138 yards and two TDs in last week's loss, giving him a career-high 11 scores on the season.
Jones, in his ninth NFL season and his second with New York, is averaging 121.8 yards on the ground in his last four games with six touchdowns in that stretch.
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