– 1 7 . ▁ ▁Then , ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁finishing ▁the ▁season , ▁the ▁Brow ns ▁out sc ored ▁the ▁Gi ants ▁ 4 9 – 4 0 ▁and ▁wal loped ▁the ▁Card inals ▁ 3 8 – 1 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁Brow ns ▁scored ▁ 4 0 3 ▁points ▁in ▁all , ▁aver aging ▁a ▁health y ▁ 2 8 . 8 ▁per ▁contest . ▁Even ▁in ▁the ▁game ▁that ▁eventually ▁did ▁in ▁their ▁play off ▁ch ances — a ▁ 3 3 – 2 1 ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁E ag les ▁in ▁the ▁next - to - last ▁week — they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁score ▁a ▁decent ▁number ▁of ▁points . ▁Qu arter back ▁Frank ▁Ryan ▁was ▁as ▁good ▁– ▁or ▁better ▁– ▁than ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁his ▁previous ▁three ▁seasons ▁as ▁the ▁full - time ▁st arter , ▁including ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁when ▁he ▁helped ▁lead ▁the ▁Brow ns ▁to ▁the ▁NFL ▁championship . ▁He ▁threw ▁for ▁a ▁career - high ▁ 2 , 9 7 4 ▁yards ▁and ▁had ▁better ▁than ▁a ▁ 2 - to - 1 ▁ratio ▁of ▁touch down ▁passes ▁( 2 9 ) ▁to ▁inter ception s ▁( 1 4 ). ▁He ▁also ▁posted ▁his ▁second - best ▁quarter back ▁rating ▁at ▁ 8 8 . 2 . ▁ ▁NFL ▁D raft ▁The ▁following ▁were ▁selected ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁NFL ▁D raft . ▁ ▁Ex hib ition ▁schedule ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁double