Interception No. 10 – at Cleveland
Game Situation: Overtime | 14:34 on the clock | Broncos 23, Browns 23
Down and Distance: Third and 2 | Denver’s 39-yard line
What Happened: The Browns drop four players into a deep zone, with four more defenders in a short zone. Rushing only three, they give Manning plenty of time. Demaryius Thomas runs a hook route on the right side, in front of the deep zone. Manning tries to float the football over three defenders that are in front of Thomas, but Barkevious Mingo is able to leap into the air and make the interception. It’s a nearly impossible throw to make, as the linebacker is directly in between Manning and DT.
Thomas is in the bottom right corner of the image. That’s nearly an impossible angle over the linebacker (at the 45)
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Cause: Mental Error – The Browns were in the perfect coverage for what the Broncos ran. The proper read would have been to check the ball to the RB in the flat. Going over three defenders and in front of two was risky.
