Kelly Holcomb and Tim Couch certainly didn't make things any easier for their coach.
Cleveland's two quarterbacks, neck-and-neck in their fight to be the starter, both played well in their final auditions for Butch Davis before the Green Bay Packers beat the Browns 38-31 in an exhibition Friday night.
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Holcomb started and threw two TD passes in the first quarter before being replaced by Couch, who completed his first four passes -- the last a 20-yard TD to Kevin Johnson -- to give the Browns (0-2) a lead in the second quarter.
Holcomb finished 7-of-10 for 166 yards, making him 14-of-21 for 237 yards in two preseason games. Couch was 4-of-7 for 53 yards.
Green Bay's Brett Favre went 9-of-14 for 102 yards and threw one TD pass in his three series with the Packers' first-team offense. Ahman Green rushed for 55 yards and scored on a 1-yard run for the Packers (2-1), who rallied behind TD runs from Herbert Goodman and Nick Luchey in the third quarter.
Jaguars 27, Dolphins 23
In Jacksonville, Florida, Byron Leftwich, making his NFL debut, threw a touchdown pass with 1:02 remaining to give Jacksonville a win over Miami.
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound Leftwich showed a strong arm, good decision-making ability and lots of mobility -- everything the Jaguars (2-0) knew he had when they made him their quarterback of the future with the seventh overall pick in the draft. Leftwich ended a 19-day holdout this week, practiced just two days and then played the final nine minutes of the second preseason game.
He was 7-of-10 passing for 84 yards and looked comfortable in the offense. He drove the Jaguars 70 yards on 10 plays in 3:11 for the game-winning score, a perfectly thrown corner pass to Donald Hayes. Officials reviewed the play to make sure Hayes was in-bounds, but replays clearly showed it was a good catch.
Jay Fiedler, who sat out the preseason opener against Tampa Bay because of back spasms, was 7-of-11 for 53 yards with a touchdown on three possessions for Miami (0-2). Backup Brian Griese finished 5-of-6 for 48 yards.
Cowboys 34, Texans 6
In Irving, Texas, playing the entire first half while co-frontrunner Chad Hutchinson watched, Quincy Carter overcame a slow start to lead a 96-yard touchdown drive. Just 14 seconds later, he threw a 30-yard touchdown pass.
Parcells, coaching for the first time along the home sideline at Texas Stadium, showed some emotion over Carter's miscues, but couldn't contain his excitement in when sixth-round draft pick Zuriel Smith returned a punt 83 yards for a touchdown.
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