PRO FOOTBALL : Testaverde Picks Apart Colts’ Defense, 21-14 : AFC: Cleveland quarterback, conference’s lowest rated, throws for three touchdowns, including two to Metcalf.

A porous Indianapolis pass defense was all Vinny Testaverde needed.

The lowest-rated quarterback in the AFC, Testaverde threw for three touchdowns, including a 57-yarder to Eric Metcalf and a 65-yarder to Leroy Hoard, as the Cleveland Browns beat the Colts, 21-14, on Sunday.

“They might have looked easy, but it’s never easy when you’re doing it,” Testaverde said. “The execution through the week of practice always helps, and I think that was part of the reason why we were able to be as successful as we were today.”

Testaverde completed 16 of 28 passes for 266 yards and was sacked only once. He did it facing a Colt defense that was ranked 25th against the pass and 27th overall.

The Browns (3-1) led, 14-7, at halftime after Metcalf’s second touchdown reception, a 15-yarder late in the second quarter. Indianapolis (1-3) tied the game on a 13-yard touchdown catch by Roosevelt Potts in the third quarter, but the Browns needed only two plays for the go-ahead score early in the final period.

An end-around run by Derrick Alexander gained 11 yards to the Cleveland 35, then Testaverde connected with Hoard, who sidestepped one tackler and ran 65 yards for the touchdown.

The longest rush of the game was by the Colts’ Jim Harbaugh, whose 41-yard gain in the first quarter was the second-longest by a quarterback in team history and set up the first Indianapolis touchdown. Harbaugh led the Colts with 63 yards rushing.

Marshall Faulk, who came in as the AFC’s leading rusher with 308 yards in three games, was held to 61 yards in 22 carries.

Metcalf’s 57-yard catch came on Cleveland’s first possession. The Browns managed only one first down after that until late in the second quarter.