ARLINGTON, Texas – Baker Mayfield and Myles Garrett enjoyed their homecoming.
It was easy to forget the surroundings were familiar for Odell Beckham Jr., too.
Mayfield threw for two touchdowns, including one set up when Garrett had a strip sack in a third straight game, Beckham scored three times and the Cleveland Browns held on to beat the Dallas Cowboys 49-38 on Sunday.
The Browns quarterback was playing at the home of the Cowboys for the first time since winning a Big 12 title with Oklahoma there three years ago. Now the Austin, Texas, native has the Browns at 3-1 for the first time since 2001.
"No, and I don't really care," Mayfield said when asked if he knew it had been 19 years since Cleveland won three of its first four games. "It's 2020 and we're moving on to the next one."
Garrett played just a few miles from where he grew up and played high school football, on a field he visited several times at Texas A&M before becoming the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2017.
Beckham Jr.? He spent his first six seasons with the New York Giants, a once-a-year visitor for the Cowboys. He capped his big day with a 50-yard scoring run on a reverse after Dallas had cut a 41-14 deficit to three late in the fourth quarter.
"It's funny, Kareem [Hunt] before the play was like, 'We just need 5 yards,' " said Beckham, who had 81 yards receiving and two scores with 73 yards rushing on two reverses in his first three-score game in nearly five years.
