He’s five feet, seven inches. He weighs 140 pounds. Darrell “Housh” Doucette nevertheless performed a cannonball into the deep end of the pro football pool last year, when he declared he’d be a better flag football player than Patrick Mahomes, given Doucette’s knowledge of the game.
Doucette and other flag football players ostensibly will get their chance, if the tryout process for the 2028 Olympics gives them a fair chance to compete with active NFL players.
“The flag guys deserve their opportunity,” Doucette told Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post. “That’s all we want.