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My son has played a number of flag football seasons and his team wrapped up their spring season tonight. He will be turning 13 in August and going into Jr. High (7th grade) this fall. It seems like most of the best players on his flag team will now play tackle football in the fall (3 kids on his flag team already do play tackle in the fall). My son is best as a defensive corner. He plays zone very well, reads plays well, and has good instincts to get to ball carrier to pull flags. He needs to work on his speed and quickness with some of the caliber players he now is up against, especially in man coverage. He also plays back-up WR and is like a possession WR...the teams utilizes faster WR's with better playmaking ability ahead of him and so his role as a WR is diminished. We have talked about him focusing on CB as a spot to get better at and play in high school. We are considering tackle but not sure so looking for sincere opinions. My wife is against it. I could probably go either way. I have concern he may not keep up with peers that move to tackle and they may have advantage to get the playing time in high school. But also know people that say tackle is overrated at early age so just concentrate on getting better while playing flag. What is the best route to go? Am I overthinking this or if not, what do I really need to be thinking about here? My objective is to get him to the best place to play when he reaches high school.