Flag football QB who said he’s ‘better than Patrick Mahomes’ dominates at world championships

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Maybe 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.

Mahomes is a three-time Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL MVP. Doucette hasn’t played in the NFL but is a superstar in the flag football community, as he is continuing to prove this week at the International Federation of American Football Flag Football World Championships in Lahti, Finland.

Fighting Cancer's Darrell Doucette passes during a semifinal round game at the AFFL U.S. Open of Football tournament

In six games this week, all blowout wins by the Americans, Doucette has completed 60 of 71 passes for 1,008 yards and 21 touchdowns with no interceptions. He also has rushed for three touchdowns and added another as a receiver. Defending champion U.S. plays Austria in Friday’s championship game.

Darrell Doucette jumps in front of a defender to catch a touchdown pass.

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.

He elaborated last week in an interview with TMZ.

“We are fans of these guys, and like I said, we love the fact that they wanna go out and win the gold medal and represent the country, just like us,” Doucette said. “But we don’t want to be forgotten about because we are the ones who helped this game get to where it’s at.”

He also mentioned that he might be a better option at quarterback than Mahomes, one of several NFL players who have expressed interest in playing flag football at the Olympics.

Maia Helmar throws a pass during a game last season.

“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 [NFL], I know he’s more accurate, I know he has all these intangibles. But when it comes to flag football, I feel like I know more than him.”