Jason Kelce poses putting flag football players to test over Olympics drama: ’Confident they’re not the best’

After NFL owners approved players to play emblem shot astatine the Los Angeles Summer Olympics successful 2028 earlier this month, players and fans alike person been dreaming astir the imaginable squad the United States could have. 

However, U.S. men’s emblem shot nationalist squad quarterback, Darrell Doucette III, has been steadfast successful his content that emblem shot players should not beryllium enactment speech conscionable due to the fact that NFL players are present allowed to participate. 

Former Philadelphia Eagles halfway Jason Kelce projected an thought that would assistance find which players, emblem shot oregon NFL, would correspond Team USA successful the Olympics. 

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Jason Kelce connected the ESPN postseason countdown acceptable during the 2025 Pro Bowl Games astatine Camping World Stadium.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

"Let's conscionable person these (flag football) guys play an NFL squad that's picked and whitethorn the champion squad triumph and correspond the USA," Kelce said during a caller occurrence of "New Heights."

"I deliberation a manager that is acquainted with emblem shot should prime an NFL-represented team. That squad should conscionable play this emblem shot squad that's been playing for a agelong clip and feels similar they are the champion astatine it, and they don't request different guys. Then whoever wins (goes to the Olympics)."

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Former Philadelphia Eagle Jason Kelce reacts earlier the crippled betwixt the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves astatine Citizens Bank Park.  (Kyle Ross-USA Today Sports)

Kansas City Chiefs prima choky extremity Travis Kelce wondered whether Doucette is "afraid" of NFL competition.

"Is this feline acrophobic of competition?" Travis said. 

"Have a tryout, and the champion players marque the team. He's conscionable boxing retired different radical from joining the athletics due to the fact that they haven't played the circumstantial benignant of football?"

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Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce aft making a drawback during warm-ups earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Nov. 4, 2024, successful Kansas City, Mo.  (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

The United States, led by Doucette, sat connected apical of the satellite emblem shot rankings past year. Regardless of their rankings, Jason is "really confident" that NFL players would beryllium better.

"If these guys are the best, they should correspond (Team) USA," Jason said. "I don't cognize thing astir emblem football, but I consciousness truly assured they’re not the best."

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