Photo Gallery: NFL All-Access Event at the Rose Bowl

With her NFL quarterback boyfriend Greg McElroy watching, Meredith Gray, of Decatur, AL, winds up to throw the football into a target at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

July 12, 2012 9:58 PM PT

PASADENA -- About the only element rarer than the mild showers that descended upon the Rose Bowl on a Thursday afternoon in mid-July was the National Football League’s return to the city of Pasadena and the greater Los Angeles area.

Andrea Kremer, of NBC and HBO Sports, is dwarfed in a huddle with NFL football players at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Grayson Adler, 13, of Agoura Hills, catches a football after running a pattern in a pass-and-catch drill at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Luke Garrity, 9, of San Marino, a Green Bay Packer fan, looks to the stage where an interview with sportscaster Al Michaels is being conducted at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Jackie Lamm, of Newport Beach, and Meredit Gray, of Decatur, AL, simultaneously drop back to throw a football toward a target at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Terrell Suggs, of the Baltimore Ravens, walks as he’s interviewed by Sky Sports News reporter Jeff Ellis at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Andrea Kremer, of NBC and HBO Sports, claps after she introduces Al Michaels at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Joe Perez, of Temple City, holds his son Averey, 1, as they get their picture taken with the Raiderettes of the Oakland Raiders at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Luke Garrity, 9, of San Marino, catches the football to make another attempt at a target at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Jacoby Ford and Marcel Reece, of the Oakland Raiders, with three Vince Lombardi Trophies and a Lamar Hunt Trophy on their table, sign autographed pictures of themselves at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Greg McElroy, a quarterback with the New York Jets, throws the football easily through the target at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Jacoby Ford, of the Oakland Raiders, signs a photograph of himself at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Marcel Reece, of the Oakland Raiders, smiles during an interview at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Matt Hasselbeck, of the Tennessee Titans, kids John Lynch, of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, during an interview at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Mike Fach, of Redondo Beach, with a lot of money to be made with the pass he just threw, just misses hitting a target at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Freeman passes the ball to a fan in a pass-and-catch drill at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Anna Cano, of Glendale, runs for a pass about to be thrown by Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Freeman at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Marshall Faulk at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Sportscaster Al Michaels responds to a question by Andrea Kremer during an on-stage interview at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

With Al Michaels and Andrea Kremer at the center, a group portrait of most of the NFL players and staff is set up at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Sportscaster Al Michaels, talks with guests at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

With her NFL quarterback boyfriend Greg McElroy watching, Meredith Gray, of Decatur, AL, watches her pass attempt get close to a target at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the NFL All-Access Event. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)