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He later added in a text message, “I’m not saying I’m a better player overall but until he steps on a 5v5 flag field, I’m going to feel that way until it’s proven otherwise! I’m a competitor and need to be proven wrong.”
While it might sound crazy — check out some of Doucette’s highlights … it’s clear the flag game definitely differs from the one Mahomes plays on Sundays.
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The field is shorter and more narrow … and the competition is only 5-on-5. According to Housh, there’s almost no physicality either — and it takes a special skillset to know how to guard flags from being pulled.
“This is a totally different game,” he said.
Doucette is so confident of that — he told us he believes if a squad full of NFL stars took on his flag team … the NFL players would lose.
Now, Doucette says that all could change if the guys took it seriously and trained their asses off — but he’s making it clear, he and his squad mates won’t give up any potential Olympic roster spots without a fight either way.
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