One other thing that's hurting my passing game is catching the ball out of the backfield. I've had some success throwing to the FB, but the HB's don't seem to get much going at all in this year's game for me. Typically they run out into the flats and either run out of bounds after catching it, catch it and hesitate for a second (which allows for the defense to react and come tackle them) or just drop it. Maybe I haven't really played with a dynamic RB just yet though.

I also find that it helps to check down as early as often.