CLEVELAND — — They were once college teammates, two ultra-competitive, trash-talking alpha males pushing each other each day on the practice field, in meeting rooms and while playing video games to be better.
Back-to-back Heisman Trophies at Oklahoma followed, then No. 1 overall draft picks and now NFL fame as starting quarterbacks.
Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield are forever linked.
On Sunday, their close friendship gets strained for a few hours.
For the second time as pros, Murray and Mayfield will match up as the Arizona Cardinals (5-0), the league’s only remaining unbeaten team and one of the season’s biggest early surprises, visit the Browns (3-2), who are coming off a still-hard-to-fathom 47-42 loss to the Chargers last week.
While the spotlight will illuminate the two QBs, Murray’s not making more of going against Mayfield again.
“There’s no stakes, it’s a regular-season…
