Patrick Mahomes Posts 50 Cent Meme After Doucette Says He's Better Flag Football QB

Patrick Mahomes clearly didn't envision having any beef with U.S. Flag National Team quarterback Darrell "Housh" Doucette.

The Kansas City Chiefs signal-caller took to social media Wednesday in response to Doucette's interview with TMZ Sports and posted the famous 50 Cent meme where the rapper wonders why he is even part of an ongoing conversation:

Doucette made his case for why he believes he should quarterback the United States team in flag football during the 2028 Olympics and said, "At the end of the day, I feel like I'm better than Patrick Mahomes because of my IQ of the game. I know he's, right now, the best in the league. 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."

TMZ noted Doucette followed up his comments with a text message that provided more context.

"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!" he said. "I'm a competitor and need to be proven wrong."

There is something to be said about a flag football game on a narrower field with fewer players being much different than the tackle version that Mahomes and other quarterbacks are accustomed to playing. And Doucette is far from an afterthought in the flag football world.

After all, he led the United States to titles at the 2021 world championship, 2022 World Games and 2023 Americas Continental championship.

With flag football coming to the Olympics in 2028, it would only make sense that someone so accomplished in the sport would want to fight for his spot. Even if that means fighting for his spot against NFL players such as Mahomes.

And it seems like he will have to, as Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Tyreek Hill and Caleb Williams, among other NFL players, have already expressed interest in participating in the 2028 Games. Throw in the NFL running a commercial for the event with Hurts throwing a flaming football over the cauldron at the top of the L.A. Coliseum, and Doucette may be fighting an uphill battle.

What's more, NFL executive vice president Jeff Miller told reporters Monday the NFL and the NFL Players Association continue to discuss how to best have players participate in the Olympics.

For his part, Doucette is just looking for more respect and perhaps an open competition.

"I think it's disrespectful that they just automatically assume that they're able to just join the Olympic team because of the person that they are—they didn't help grow this game to get to the Olympics," he previously said, per the Guardian. "Give the guys who helped this game get to where it's at their respect."

Mahomes is Mahomes, though, and it's going to be difficult to beat out the NFL's best quarterback for that role.