Deep into the NFL season, it appears that a trio of Sooners could be quarterbacking come playoff time. Baker Mayfield. Kyler Murray. Jalen Hurts.
Then Hurts’ Eagles lost to the Cowboys in Week 16, and Murray’s Cardinals lost to the Rams in Week 17, and only Mayfield’s Browns remain from the list.
Which still is no small thing. Cleveland finished 11-5 and is in its first postseason since 2002. This Browns franchise never has won a playoff game. The previous Browns, who moved to Baltimore in 1996, won a playoff game in 1994, with Bill Belichick as coach.