Cleveland Browns: Week 3 Film Room session

Following Terrelle Pryor’s touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter, the Browns trailed by five and elected to go for two. On the play, the Browns line up in a goal line formation with no spilt wide receivers.

Before the snap, the Browns motion tight ends Seth DeValve and Gary Barnidge to split out to the right. Barnidge is in the slot with DeValve on the outside. Tight end Randall Telfer motions to the far left on the play. The motion creates a mismatch the Browns want that is in their favor. Barnidge is lined up on a cornerback and has a huge size advantage.

On the play, Barnidge and DeValve run an inside outside route concept. Devalue runs a slant, while Barnidge runs to the back corner of the end zone. The idea of this route concept is to get the defensive backs who are in man-coverage to get confused or tangled up by the two crossing routes. On the route, Barnidge gains a step of separation and uses his bigger frame to attack and secure the catch.

Cody Kessler delivers a great a pass to the back corner of the end zone in a spot where only his guy can make the play. The execution on this play was great by both DeValve and Barnidge and capped off by an impressive fade throw by the rookie quarterback.