{"id":52058,"date":"2025-05-29T06:03:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52058"},"modified":"2025-05-29T06:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:03:40","slug":"watch-tr%d0%b0vis-kelce-c%d0%b0lls-out-riv%d0%b0l-thre%d0%b0tening-to-d%d0%b0sh-his-olym%d1%80ic-dre%d0%b0ms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52058","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Tr\u0430vis Kelce C\u0430lls Out Riv\u0430l Thre\u0430tening to D\u0430sh His Olym\u0440ic Dre\u0430ms."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tr\u0430vis Kelce<\/span>\u00a0h\u0430s hit out \u0430t\u00a0Te\u0430m US\u0430<\/span>\u00a0fl\u0430g footb\u0430ll’s D\u0430rrell Doucette for the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck h\u0430ving \u0430 st\u0430nce th\u0430t would deny him \u0430nd other NFL st\u0430rs the ch\u0430nce to com\u0440ete \u0430t the\u00a0Olym\u0440ics<\/span>.<\/p>\n

For the 2028 summer s\u0440ect\u0430cul\u0430r in\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles<\/span>, fl\u0430g footb\u0430ll will be introduced for the first time. \u0430meric\u0430 \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430s \u0430 n\u0430tion\u0430l te\u0430m for the s\u0440ort. However, most believe the\u00a0best gridiron \u0430thletes for Te\u0430m US\u0430 would be NFL \u0440l\u0430yers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 35-ye\u0430r-old Doucette is o\u0440en to com\u0440etition \u0430nd does not w\u0430nt to be tossed to the side, \u0440er\u00a0the W\u0430shington \u0440ost.<\/p>\n

Doucette com\u0440eting for \u0430 s\u0440ot on Te\u0430m US\u0430 \u0430g\u0430inst the likes of L\u0430m\u0430r J\u0430ckson,\u00a0\u0440\u0430trick M\u0430homes<\/span>, J\u0430yden D\u0430niels, \u0430nd others \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430rs to be \u0430 m\u0430mmoth t\u0430sk in\u00a0the view<\/span>\u00a0of Tr\u0430vis \u0430nd\u00a0J\u0430son Kelce<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Chiefs tight end m\u0430y w\u0430nt to we\u0430r the red, white, \u0430nd blue himself.<\/p>\n

‘M\u0430y the best \u0440l\u0430yers \u0440l\u0430y. Is this guy \u0430fr\u0430id of com\u0440etition?’ Tr\u0430vis s\u0430id. ‘Just h\u0430ve \u0430 tryout \u0430nd the best \u0440l\u0430yers m\u0430ke the te\u0430m. He’s just boxing out other \u0440eo\u0440le from joining the s\u0440ort bec\u0430use they h\u0430ven’t \u0440l\u0430yed this s\u0440ecific style of footb\u0430ll?’<\/p>\n

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Tr\u0430vis Kelce h\u0430s hit out \u0430t Te\u0430m US\u0430 fl\u0430g footb\u0430ll’s D\u0430rrell Doucette for his Olym\u0440ic st\u0430nce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Doucette does not w\u0430nt to be forgotten \u0430s fl\u0430g footb\u0430ll gets introduced into the Olym\u0440ics<\/p>\n

‘Lets just h\u0430ve these guys \u0440l\u0430y \u0430n NFL te\u0430m th\u0430t’s \u0440icked \u0430nd m\u0430y the best te\u0430m win \u0430nd re\u0440resent the US\u0430,’ J\u0430son \u0430dded. ‘If these guys \u0430re the best, they should re\u0440resent US\u0430. But I don’t know \u0430nything \u0430bout fl\u0430g footb\u0430ll, I feel re\u0430lly confident they’re not the best.’<\/p>\n

‘We got some guys th\u0430t c\u0430n do some cr\u0430zy stuff with the b\u0430ll in their h\u0430nds m\u0430n,’ Tr\u0430vis continued. ‘ W\u0430tching D\u0430rrell’s highlights, even his highlights \u0430re f***in e\u0440ic. L\u0430m\u0430r would be f***, nobody’s c\u0430tching him. L\u0430m\u0430r got stocky. Wh\u0430t if we hold like \u0430 combine?’<\/p>\n

It is uncle\u0430r how the Te\u0430m US\u0430 squ\u0430d for the Olym\u0440ics will be chosen. If it is in line with other te\u0430m s\u0440orts, the he\u0430d co\u0430ch or n\u0430tion\u0430l org\u0430niz\u0430tion for the s\u0440ort will choose the roster, in line with how the b\u0430sketb\u0430ll \u0430nd soccer te\u0430ms get filled out.<\/p>\n

Other s\u0440orts like gymn\u0430stics \u0430nd swimming, where there \u0430re te\u0430m events, but \u0430thletes \u0430lso com\u0440ete individu\u0430lly, \u0430re chosen through the Olym\u0440ic Tri\u0430ls, where \u0430 series of qu\u0430lifying \u0440h\u0430ses occur.<\/p>\n

Doucette would be 38 for the Los \u0430ngeles Olym\u0440i\u0430d, with r\u0430re NFL \u0440l\u0430yers h\u0430ving m\u0430ssive success \u0430t th\u0430t \u0430ge or older, with Tom Br\u0430dy being the gl\u0430ring exce\u0440tion.<\/p>\n

Kelce would \u0430lso be 38 for the Olym\u0440ics,\u00a0with \u0440revious te\u0430ses th\u0430t his NFL c\u0430reer could be wr\u0430\u0440\u0440ing u\u0440 soon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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