BEREA, Ohio — Kyler Murray was scratched from the Thursday injury report for the second straight week as the Cardinals decide if he’s ready to face the Browns on Sunday.
If so, he’ll have a chance to run his record to 3-0 against the Browns, having thrown five touchdown passes en route to a 117.8 passer rating in his first two victories.
Coming off a torn ACL that has sidelined him since Week 14 of last season, Murray was also removed from the injury report last Thursday as the Cardinals geared up for their visit from the Ravens, a 31-24 Baltimore victory.
Former Browns quarterback Joshua Dobbs started that game, but was traded to the Vikings on Tuesday to possibly replaced Kirk Cousins (ruptured Achilles). If Murray can’t go, Cardinals fifth-round pick Clayton Tune out of Houston will make his first NFL start. Tune has played only one snap this season, completing a pass on a fake punt at Seattle in Week 7.
Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon told reporters on Wednesday that Tune will “let it rip” on Sunday if called upon, and that Murray is excited to be getting close.
He’s fired up and ready to go,” Gannon said. “He was really good in the team meeting (Wednesday). I put him on the spot. He was excellent.”
Of course, both teams are playing the QB guessing game, with Kevin Stefanski keeping Gannon in the dark about whether or not Deshaun Watson will start for the first time since Oct. 22 against the Colts, when he left the game with 3:04 left in the first quarter with an aggravated strained right rotator cuff. Watson, who’s missed three of the past four games and most of the fourth, has been limited in practice this week, but looked good throwing the ball on Wednesday and Thursday
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