Flag football QB who said he’s ‘better than Patrick Mahomes’ leads U.S. to world title
LA TimesMaybe Darrell Doucette isn’t delusional after all. Perhaps the quarterback known as “Housh” was correct last week when declared that he’s “better than” Kansas City Chiefs superstar Patrick Mahomes — at least when it comes to flag football. U.S. quarterback Darrell Doucette scores a touchdown as a receiver during a 52-6 win over Brazil during group play at the IFAF Flag Football World Championships on Tuesday in Lahti, Finland. Earlier this month, Doucette told the Guardian he feels it’s “disrespectful” to the flag football community to “automatically assume” that NFL players will be the ones to represent the U.S. when the sport makes its Olympic debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. “I feel like I’m better than Patrick Mahomes because of my IQ of the game,” said Doucette, who led the U.S. to victory at the 2021 IFAF World Championship in Jerusalem, the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Ala., and the 2023 IFAF Americas Championship in Charlotte, N.C. “I know he’s right now the best in the, I know he’s more accurate, I know he has all these intangibles.
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