Tyreek Hill is as electric in the open field as any player in the NFL.  Slippery and fast, he’s made NFL defensive backs look foolish at times over his career.

Now, he’ll have a new chance to make a group of opponents look foolish, and in a whole new format.

The NFL owners voted on Tuesday 32-0 to allow NFL player to participate in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Hill has previously expressed an interest in playing for Team USA in the Olympics, so it’s likely a matter of the league, the player’s union, and the Olympic Committee getting a deal in place as far as the number of NFL athletes allowed to participate in the first-ever flag football event in the Olympic Games.

While many players have expressed enthusiasm, others, such as general managers and head coaches, have expressed concern about their players participating in the Olympics. More specifically, injury concerns and time away from their NFL teams have come to mind with front offices and coaching staffs.

Of course, the question has been raised before if the NFL players are even the best players for the job in the flag football Olympics.  After Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes previously expressed an interest in the Olympics, US men’s national flag football QB Darrell Doucette said he is a better flag football QB than the three-time Super Bowl champion because of his “IQ for the game”.

However, it’s hard to imagine a player with the ball in his hands with more athleticism and agility than Hill would provide.  He’s a world class athlete and should be able to juke he was through any poor defenders trying to lay a hand on his flag.

We’ll see in the coming years how things will play out with regard to NFL players joining the Olympic teams, but for the time being, the idea of seeing the league’s best players on the Olympic fields in Team USA gear is something that appears to be a distinct possibility.