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		 A hot route is an audibalized call at the line based on the QB see'n a blitz that the assigned blockers can not handle.    most often the hot route is to the slot, or TE, being a flat or slant.   has to be fast so that the QB can read it and throw off of a 3 step or less drop. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
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