With the NFL allowing its players to tryout for and participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics for flag football, there’s a lot of excitement going around. On one side, this has a chance to really boost the viewers for flag football and the NFL’s partnership with flag football teams across the nation benefits a lot.
However, as we get excited for the NFL and Olympic flag football crossover, I think it’s important that we don’t overshadow the players that actually helped make this happen. Flag football player Darrell Doucette went viral for saying that he would be a better flag football QB than Patrick Mahomes in previous years, but he made a great point when discussing NFL players playing flag football.
To an extent, Doucette III is right. Flag football players have not only been very