As the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris draws to a close, many sports fans have begun to think about the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which will feature several new sports, including flag football. The NFL has taken notice of this fact as the Paris Olympics draws to a close, Advertisement featuring Jalen HurtsHurts is not the only NFL player to speak out about the possibility of NFL players participating in the 2028 Summer Olympics; NFL Executive Vice President Peter O’Reilly and Commissioner Roger Goodell have also spoken out about the possibility of NFL players participating in the 2028 Summer Olympics. I supported the idea Number of NFL players participating.
But one person in the sport disagrees: U.S. National Flag Football Team quarterback Darrell “Housh” Doucette, who has been outspoken in recent days about the idea that NFL players shouldn’t assume they’ll automatically be selected to the 2028 team.
“I think it’s disrespectful to automatically assume that they make the Olympic team because they’re human. They didn’t contribute to the growth of the sport to get to the Olympics.” Doucette said. Guardian“Let’s pay tribute to the people who have made this game so successful.”
Doucette has a point. He’s led his current team to multiple world championships and will help defend that title later this month. He helped Team USA win the 2021 IFAF Men’s Flag Football World Championship, win a gold medal at the 2022 World Championships and win the 2023 Americas Flag Football Championship. He was named MVP at that championship. His sports highlights speak for themselves, as the NFL proved a few years ago. This package of his talents on the field.
But in recent days, Doucette may have taken things a step further by questioning arguably the NFL’s best quarterback, Patrick Mahomes. In an interview TMZ Sports“At the end of the day, I feel like I’m better than Patrick Mahomes because of my IQ for the game,” Doucette said.
Now, Doucette may simply be talking about flag football IQ, but not football in general, because Mahomes checks all the boxes when it comes to the NFL game.
But the Super Bowl-winning passer wasn’t going to let that happen.
That’s right, folks, we now have certified Grade A flag football beef.
It’s time to get our friends at Secret Base to investigate this case.
