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Calvin Pryor: Jets Are 'The Best 3-12 Team In The History Of Football'

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The Jets lost a heartbreaker, 17-16, to the division-rival Patriots on Sunday in the final home game of the season.

The defeat dropped Gang Green to a dreadful 3-12 with one game remaining on the schedule.

In free safety Calvin Pryor's mind, the Jets' record is not indicative of how good they are.

"If you look at our season, besides two or three games, we've been in every game," Pryor said, according to Phil Perry of CSNNE.com. "You can cut it and slice it how you want to. I think we're — what are we, 3-12? — I think we're the best 3-12 team in the history of football. No doubt about it."

Quite a statement from the rookie.

Fellow safety Dawan Landry took it a step further, stating that the Jets could very well be in the playoff picture right now.

"The record doesn't dictate the team that we are," Landry said, according to the website. "We played a lot of close games that could've gone either way. We could've easily had 10-11 wins. Easily. It just hasn't been our year. We got one more game, (and) we're gonna try to finish it off on a high note."

The Jets' final game of 2014 will be against the Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium on Sunday.

Head coach Rex Ryan is expected to be fired after the season, and general manager John Idzik might be let go as well.

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