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In the 1950 merger of the NFL and the AAFC, the Giants were given the choice of any 6 players from the disbanded 1949 AAFC New York Yankees. The Giants took defensive players tackle Arnie Weinmeister (maybe the best defensive lineman in pro football at the time) and 3 very good defensive backs in To...

It might have been Jack Whitaker instead of Frank Gifford who remarked about Swain, Lockhart, and Eaton becoming household words in the film of the 1967 Giants-Eagles game, won by New York 44 to 7. Swain was traded to the Detroit Lions after the 1967 season. Philadelphia may have been a dead team in...

1956 Cleveland Browns 5 wins

Len Ford
Frank Gatski
Lou Groza
Dante Lavelli
Mike McCormack
Chuck Noll
Paul Brown

What a difference a year makes. In 1966, the Cleveland Browns were one of the best teams in football. The New York Giants were the worst team in major league football and possibly in pro football history setting a record for allowing the most points (501) in a season in NFL history and losing by sc...

The 1952 Cleveland Browns in August or September when Mac Speedie is enshrined.

Otto Graham
Lou Groza
Marion Motley
Dante Lavelli
Frank Gatski
Bill Willis
Len Ford
Paul Brown
and
Mac Speedie

Won 8 lost 4

What a difference a year makes. In 1966, the Cleveland Browns were one of the best teams in football. The New York Giants were the worst team in major league football and possibly in pro football history setting a record for allowing the most points (501) in a season in NFL history and losing by sco...

in both 1966 and '67, the Browns went 9-5. Those 10 losses were almost always because they died in the second half. In 1966, they were outscored 66-24 in the second half of their losses. The only game in which they "won" the second half was the second-last game at Philly, outscoing the Ea...

I will add that in 1966, Cleveland played 7 games with teams with winning records. In 1967, Cleveland played 3 games with teams with winning records. The Browns lost to Green Bay 21 to 20 in 1966. Cleveland lost to the Packers 55 to 7 in 1967. Both games are the same in the standings, one loss. In t...

In their last regular season game, the Packers played the 49ers to a 24-24 tie. Packers lose that game and the season is over for them and Baltimore wins the Western Conference. The tie gets them into a playoff game with the Colts that they won and went on to win the championship game against Clevel...

Lou Groza went from making 9 of 23 field goal attempts in 1966 to 11 of 23 in 1967. He was 0 for 2 in their opener against Dallas in 1967 not including a muffed pass from center on a 3rd attempt (Cleveland lost by 7 points). So, it looked like Groza was starting where he left off in 1966. Lou didn't...