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Cleveland Browns vs. Cardinals: Predicting the potential Oklahoma-style shootout

By Mike Lukas

DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 14: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners and Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners warm up before the game against the Texas Longhorns at Cotton Bowl on October 14, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX - OCTOBER 14: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners and Kyler Murray #1 of the Oklahoma Sooners warm up before the game against the Texas Longhorns at Cotton Bowl on October 14, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OH – NOVEMBER 24: Joe Schobert #53 of the Cleveland Browns celebrates with Mack Wilson #51 and T.J. Carrie #38 of the Cleveland Browns after his second interception of the game in the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins at FirstEnergy Stadium on November 24, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland defeated Miami 41-24. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH – NOVEMBER 24: Joe Schobert #53 of the Cleveland Browns celebrates with Mack Wilson #51 and T.J. Carrie #38 of the Cleveland Browns after his second interception of the game in the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins at FirstEnergy Stadium on November 24, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland defeated Miami 41-24. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) /

Writer: Randy Gurzi

Game: Cleveland Browns (6-7) at Arizona Cardinals (3-9-1)

Summary: This one should be interesting. Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray will face off on the field for the first time after they won back-to-back Heisman’s at Oklahoma. They were also each taken No. 1 overall in the NFL draft as Baker went to Cleveland in 2018 and Murray followed in 2019 with the Cardinals.

Another layer comes with the fact that Kliff Kingsbury is Murray’s coach in Arizona. Kingsbury was the coach for Texas Tech back when Mayfield started his collegiate career and things weren’t great between the two when Mayfield left. He had some harsh words for his former coach.

Sure, they’ve tried to act as though there are no hard feelings now but nothing pumps Baker up quite like proving an old coach wrong. He torched Hue Jackson twice once he had the made-up title for the Bengals last season and now he will do the same to Kingsbury.

As for the Cards, they’ll get their yardage but there aren’t enough weapons around Murray to compete for 60 minutes — especially in the ground game.

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Don’t expect to see Mayfield misfiring in this one as he makes it look easy en route to a decisive victory that moves the Browns to 7-7.

Prediction: Cleveland 28, Arizona 17

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