The future of the NFL is safe

We just got back from our first mini-vacation. Brady has never left the state of Massachusetts so this was a big event for us. I'll post sets of pictures from our trip north which involved stops in Kinnebunk, Camden, and Portsmouth. Although I typically post pictures in chronological order, since today is Sunday and Sundays in the Fall are all about football (plus I'm writing this as the Patriots are racking up the Chargers on national televsion), I thought I'd start with pictures of a game of a flag football game I went to on Saturday.

We stayed at chez Russillo in Camden, and I got to see Joe coaching and Michael playing in their third game of the year. When I was coaching football, I always wanted to get my hands on films of the games from parents or pictures so that I could review things and see what could be improved. So Joe, here's some material for this week's practice....

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Sorry, I can't type and jump around at the same time. That's supposed to say "What a catch by Adalius Thomas! He's going to go all the way! Touch down Patriots!! 24-nothing BABY!" Okay, maybe I shouldn't blog during Patriots games....

Pre-game prep. The team seems ready, although one kid seems to be playing "robot that ran out of power"

For non-NFL fans, this is a matchup of the Redskins vs. the Eagles, so what they did is found two bunches of kids that absolutely hate each other and formed these two teams. Notice how the blonde girl in the Eagle jersey is staring the Redskins down.
The Eagles figured the the Skins would be trying to run the ball up the middle, so they brought in their beefy nose guard to clog the middle of the field. (this kid was like twice as big as everyone else)
Michael hustled everywhere
Joe, note the poor ball handling here. Form the V over the tip of the ball and tuck the ball tight against the chest....
Michael chasing down an opposing runner
Something is wrong here. Either one kid is offsides or two other kids are REALLY slow getting off the snap. Based on the fact that Michael is in the proces of taking the snap, I think Joe needs to work on his players' speed off the line of scrimmage.
Michael is cleaning out his eye here, not his nose.

A beautiful pass from Michael.

A bit of an early release, but still a nice pass.
Michael barking out the cadence

This kid was fast. I'm not sure he was so fast that he'd be five yards ahead of a defensive player who dove for him as this picture implies.