As with any offensive system, several aspects must be executed with consistent precision in order to effectively move the ball and score points. One of the most important aspects we feel is crucial to our success is the quick passing game. Because we run about 80 percent of our offense out of the shotgun, we must be able to execute the quick game out of the gun as well. As everyone knows, you must have crisp timing in your execution of the quick passing game. We feel our timing is often better in the shotgun than it would be under center. We will still go under center on occasion, with the traditional quick 3-step drop (one big and two gather steps), but we prefer to be in the shotgun and use a catch and throw with our quick game route packages. The components of our quick game include the following facets: The Snap: One advantage of the shotgun quick game is that the zone dropping
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