Kyle Shanahan’s awesome trick play

Kyle Shanahan was the offensive coordinator for Cleveland in 2014, and game 3 against the Baltimore Ravens had a lot of interesting things going on, for Niners fans. Brian Hoyer had held off rookie Johnny Manziel for the starting QB job, and the play action pass was working beautifully. Ravens fullback Kyle Juszczyk scored his first NFL touchdown on a short pass. And Shanahan dialed up a brilliant trick play.

Though Hoyer was the clearcut starter, Manziel came in on first down for one snap. After a loss of a yard, it was 2nd and 11 at Cleveland’s 38 with 5:57 left in the 2nd quarter. Manziel had come in for just one play earlier in the season, and the announcer told viewers that “Shanahan…