Atlanta ? The New York Jets used to be the consummate road warriors. Lately, they’ve been road weaklings.

This probably isn’t a good place to turn things around.

The Atlanta Falcons (4-2) have transformed the Georgia Dome from a half-filled mausoleum into one of the league’s most challenging venues for opposing teams. They are 10-2 at home since Jim Mora took over as coach, including a rout of St. Louis in last year’s playoffs.

“We just love playing at home,” Mora said, recalling a recent conversation with defensive end Patrick Kerney. “We were talking about how sometimes on the road we come out a little flat, and he said, ‘You know, with our crowd, we could be asleep 30 seconds before we go on the field, and because of the energy, we would still get pumped up.’ So that’s how our guys feel about playing at home.”

The Jets (2-4), on the other hand, have lost five straight regular-season games on the road, though they did win last season at San Diego in the playoffs. Plagued by injuries at quarterback, they dropped their first three this season while averaging a mere nine points per game.

“We haven’t been very good on the road, and I don’t know what’s contributing to that,” coach Herman Edwards said.

This season, the Jets have been downright dismal on the road. They started with a 27-7 loss at Kansas City, which came within 29 seconds of handing New York its first shutout in almost 10 years. Three weeks later, with third-stringer Brooks Bollinger taking over for injured quarterbacks Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler, the Jets managed only eight first downs and 152 yards in a 13-3 loss at Baltimore. Last week, with 41-year-old Vinny Testaverde taking the snaps, New York struggled again in a 27-17 loss to Buffalo.