Jaguars vs. Browns 2013, Week 13: Cleveland spiral continues, Jacksonville gets 3rd win

In a back-and-forth affair that featured five lead changes, a late touchdown gave Jacksonville the final and most important swing and improved them to 3-9 on the season.

Adam Stites at Big Cat Country details the final moments:

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Disaster would strike again in the fourth quarter for the Browns. Backed up deep in their own territory, the center snapped the ball over Weeden’s head and into the end zone. Weeden did the only thing he could do, scampering back and kicking the ball out of the back of the end zone, which resulted in an illegal kicking penalty and a safety. The Jaguars would use the resulting possession to add a field goal and go up 25-21.

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Gordon caught 14 passes in that game, tying Ozzie Newsome’s franchise record for the most catches in a game. Breaking long-held team records apparently didn’t sit well with long-suffering Cleveland fans.

Browns-Jaguars is such a magnificent combination of failure, and of course, it involved one of the fail-iest plays imaginable.

The Browns led the Jaguars 21-20, but a bad snap from Alex Mack went over Brandon Weeden’s head, and he disposed of it like so:

UPDATE: Gordon is back on the field for the Browns.

Gordon took a hard hit to the head and lost his helmet during the play. His return will likely depend on whether or not he can pass the league-mandated concussion protocol.

Gordon scored on a 21-yard reception in the second quarter against the Jags to put his team in the lead. It is his fifth touchdown of at least 20 yards this season, second only to Antonio Brown’s six.

Gordon tied a franchise record with 14 catches during last week’s game against the Steelers and broke Ozzie Newsome’s yardage mark, which was previously 191.

Instead, the game in Cleveland will likely be a battle of pride. The Jaguars have been playing for pride much of the year, and have shown recently they are no longer pushovers. Despite being outscored by 182 points this season, the Jags have pulled out an upset in two of their last three games.

They will attempt to make it three of four Sunday while Cleveland searches for just its second win since the first week of October.

Game Date/Time and Location: Sunday, Dec. 1, 1 p.m. ET at FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

TV schedule and distribution map: CBS; The506.com

The over/under for the game is 40.5 points, so this one is expected to be low-scoring affair. Both teams are averaging under 20 points per game and the Jaguars have produced a horrid 12.9 points per contest. Jacksonville’s defense has also been awful, allowing 29.5 points per game. For the Browns, they are not much better. Cleveland’s defense is surrendering 24 points per game.

The Browns will host the Jaguars on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on CBS.

Campbell left last Sunday’s loss to Pittsburgh with a concussion and once again the team will be forced to return to Weeden, who has completed just 51.5 percent of his passes and holds a QBR of 23.9 this season.

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