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Mitchell Leff / Getty Images Sport / Getty This scenario seemed easy enough, even for the New York Jets. To secure the right to draft Clemson s Trevor Lawrence, a rare generational quarterback prospect, all the Jets had to do was keep losing. Hell, the Jets could do that. They ve been losing for a long time! They re basically experts at losing. Total pros. The Jets got off to a roaring start, too. They lost their first 13 games, and it looked likely they might lose them all. But then they managed to win one. And then they won again. That second victory officially took them out of the running for the chance to draft Lawrence - a distinction that will instead go to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who have managed to out-Jets the Jets by going 1-14 against an easier schedule. By bothering to win - and then by doing it a second time - the Jets sustained what could be their worst loss. In a way, it seemed appropriate. ....