I find just picking a passing play, and dropping and finding a guy who is open just isn't going to be successful, and is a recipe for INTs.
You have a catalogue of possible routes: ins, outs, slants, curls, fades, corners.
On any given play u run, I try to figure out how the d formation lines up to my primary, secondary reciever's intended route (ie. corner is playing way off line and my rw is running a curl, or corner is right up at the line and d playing what looks to be cover1 and the rw is running a fade). I already know the 2 receivers I will consider throwing to even before the snap, and if they both are covered look for ur rb/fb for something underneath.
Hunting for an open guy after the snap will end badly most times, which is how the game should be as it is reflective of how the qb position is actually played.
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