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BITS,
You need to use your quality judgment to decide which match-up is more likely to have a contact situation and stay with those players accordingly. Once you have given sufficient attention to that match-up, shift to the next one. Timing is certainly a key element and you must decide how much pressure is being exerted on the passer as well as the receiver and make an appropriate decision about where to place your focus.
It can be tough, especially in 2-man where help on the perimeter from your partner may not be possible, yet I believe that you have enough experience and judgment to know when you need to stay with the passer for an extra second and when you need to quickly shift focus to the receiver.
If the play is a drive down the lane, then we have the classic pass and crash scenario which should be pregamed. If you have discussed this in the lockerroom and decided who will stay with the crash and who will pick up the pass then this should go smoothly. Of course, as you have noted action in which the ball is being reversed around the perimeter can be rather difficult. You have a limited set of eyes out there in stripes and cannot watch everything, so something must be sacrificed. Learning to be selective and picking what to watch when is a skill that separates one level of official from another. I'm sure that you are up to the task.
Excellent question for discussion!
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