re: A good, modern offense doesn't require a QB to "read the entire field"

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I 100% agree with you.


But, does a modern offense require a quarter back to throw to players who aren’t uncovered and to throw to receivers in stride?

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Yes- but the scheme, specifically route trees, should limit what you are going to "look for" post-snap.

Leverage and defensive positioning pre-snap should define your progressions. And before the ball is snapped the WR and QB have decided, based on leverage and positioning, what the best route to defeat that is. Then, based on the same items, the QB knows which of those are likely to be the most productive. He reads those in order of likelyhood of success post-snap, that's the progression.

IF the first 2, maybe 3, aren't anything like you expected- you and the WR read it totally wrong and nothing has a high chance of success and at that point you hit hot route or take off.

The key to it is the QB and WR having the same "read", i.e. being on the same page, of that leverage and positioning. Hence the "check w/me" offense of Ensminger/Brady. If you are choosing your routes before you view the defense leverage/positioning you are A) guessing, B) going to have to read all of those with no specific order of likelyhood of success.