Saturday, April 19, 2014

Max Fouts

The boys played flag football this past Winter.  Charlie and Will were on the same team, while Max played with his age group.

I don't have many photos or videos of Charlie and Will playing (frankly, because they are not my youngest anymore).  Both played well.  Charlie would take a handoff and sprint 50 yards at least once a game.  Will would catch a ball in the flat and run like Babe Ruth in those old videos.

But Max was the quarterback on his team, the Trojans.  And in his league, all the teams focused on running the ball.  Sweep left ... sweep right.  Pitch left ... pitch right.  Fake sweep left, reverse right ... B O R I N G !!!

Meanwhile, Max's team aired it out like the old San Diego Chargers' Air Coryell.  Mixed in with some traditional West Coast offensive plays (short passes to the backs, slants to the WRs), when they faced a major situation, Max would go deep.  Luckily, he had the best WR in the league who could catch those long passes.

Here's a highlight video of plays.  I was really impressed with his poise under pressure.  Most of the plays are passes ... but there is one hand-off (watch Max fake a throw after handing it off ... a la Brett Favre).

My apologies, but the camera man was pretty bad in most of these videos.  #me

If you are wondering if Max has any future playing in the NFL ... my apologies, but, flag football is as far as he gets to playing any type of organized football.


After a slow start to the season, the Trojans won three straight games in one day to win the Championship!