Browns' Week 10 Offensive Snap Counts vs. Steelers

Below, we analyze the snap counts on offense for the Cleveland Browns' Week 10 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Quarterback

Although his first two plays of the game looked to be a disaster (an empty hand fumble and then a near interception), Johnny Manziel settled in after that. He had a good mix of delivering on-target throws from the pocket and scrambling. I think I'd like to see him find a better balance of not leaving the pocket so quickly on third-down plays near the red zone -- sometimes, you have to take a shot on your first read or settle for the field goal by throwing the ball to the boundary.

Running Back

The running game was abandon early in large part due to the struggles of the offensive line in blocking. In a way, though, it made sense to keep passing. One of the reasons our bootleg passes were open was the fact that Pittsburgh was committing resources to stopping the run. Glenn Winston made his offensive debut as a blocker. Duke Johnson caught a nice screen pass, but otherwise didn't have much of an impact and gave up a sack on one play.

Wide Receiver

The wide receiver struggles continued for now the fourth game in a row. Although there were certainly more positive plays than negative ones, the two negatives stood out big time: Andrew Hawkins' fumble at the end of the first half made it a 21-3 game instead of a 14-3 game at a minimum, or possibly a 14-6 or 14-10 game at the half. Then, even though the game was out of reach, Travis Benjamin dropped a wide open short slant touchdown in the second half. Hawkins and Taylor Gabriel both left the game with concussions. They'll have the bye week to recover, but if they remain out, Dwayne Bowe might get some action again in two weeks.

Tight End

It was nice to see Johnny Manziel make use of Gary Barnidge. His touchdown pass to him was perfect, and his fourth down throw in the red zone a little later was a tightly-contested incomplete pass, but it was a very good throw to the boundary that I'm sure Barnidge would like to have back.

Offensive Line

The offensive line surrendered six sacks, with a good amount of the pressure seeming to come from the area of OL Cameron Erving. Erving also had a costly holding penalty on a run in which the Browns were inside the 1 yard line. This is what happens when you play a guy at pretty much every position on the line (too much to handle as a rookie) and then start him at the one position you didn't have him practice at

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Amount of Offensive Plays, By the Week

• Week 1: 71 plays
• Week 2: 49 plays
• Week 3: 75 plays
• Week 4: 71 plays
• Week 5: 88 plays*
• Week 6: 79 plays*
• Week 7: 75 plays
• Week 8: 63 plays
• Week 9: 53 plays
• Week 10: 69 plays

We'll have coverage on the defensive snap counts later on.