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Understand, that when the ball is snapped, all hell breaks loose and if you try and concentrate on that forest, you won't see any trees. Break down your focus to those things you are responsible for, because your crewmates are each responsible for parts that you don't have to be concerned about.
It starts before the snap, you don't have to see it all, just your area of responsibility. Understand what YOUR area is, and concentrate there, your crewmates will take care of the rest of things. As a wing official, before the snap, and just after it, step through specific keys; identify who's eligible and who's not, focus on the LOS between the snapper and you, concentrating on movement by the offenseive linemen, or encroachment by the defense.
After the snap your focus shifts, recognize where the ball is going and what the QB's movements suggest, be aware of what the receivers on your side of the line do, and where they start to go, try and understand which way the linemen are blocking, retreating for pass blocking, pulling, or opening a hole. There's a lot going on, but the more snaps you look at, you'll find the more you'll be able to see.
Depending on whether you're in a 4 man or 5 man crew, you may, or may not, have have support deep, so you have to honor the receiver going deep. There's a rythm to the game and events usually happen in sequence, and you will learn to recognize the sequences.
You just have to understand and accept that you will NEVER see everything. All you can see is what you're looking at, and there are multiple things happening at different places but as you get more accustomed to the different flows, you'll inherently be looking at the right things.
Don't be embarrassed or defensive about not seeing things others may think they saw . Although it's usually best to try and ignore questions, or comments, like, "Didn't you see that.......", there are only two possible answers; "No, I didn't" or "Yes I did, but I didn't think it was what you think it was".
Only you will be able to decide when, or if, to choose to respond to such questions, or simply ignore them, but you're not taking a poll, so what benefit does responding offer? Silence is an answer, unless the person asking the question is really not interested in any answer.
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