Mayfield started strong in the 2021 season before suffering a torn labrum. If it wasn’t for a fumbled touchdown out of the endzone, they might have beaten the Kansas City Chiefs and made the AFC Championship game back in 2020.īut how soon teams forget where they came from. Within three years, Mayfield helped lead the Browns to the playoffs and won their first playoff game since 1994. 1 to the Cleveland Browns, who had gone 1-31 in their previous 32 games. Mayfield has been someone counted out his whole career.

The weekend culminated with a showdown between two former Oklahoma quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield and Jalen Hurts on Monday Night Football. Six of them helped their teams move on to the divisional round.

Several former Oklahoma Sooners played this weekend in the opening round of the NFL playoffs.