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Winners (Team USA) and losers (NFL players) from Fanatics Flag Football Classic

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Team USA proved they are more than capable of beating NFL players in flag football. Here are the winners and losers from Saturday's Fanatics Flag Football Classic.

NFL players have work to do if they want to compete with the best in flag football. Team USA's flag football team went undefeated against two teams filled with NFL players and celebrities in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic at Los Angeles' BMO Stadium on Saturday. Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels' Wildcats team lost two games to Team USA, including the championship bought, while Tom Brady and Jalen Hurts' Founders squad was pummeled by Team USA and lost to the Wildcats as well to cap a winless day.

Here are the winners and losers from Saturday's Fanatics Flag Football Classic: Winners Darrell Doucette III Doucette, a U. S. national team quarterback, made headlines when he said he was better at flag football than three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes, but he backed up his words on Saturday.

Doucette scored six total touchdowns and was named MVP of the event. He made an early statement Saturday with the first touchdown of the day, and Team USA jumped out to an early 12-0 lead when Isaiah Calhoun intercepted Burrow and ran it into the end zone. Team USA had a comfortable 19-6 lead over the Wildcats halftime, and routed the Wildcats 39-14 in the first game.

In the second contest, Team USA scored 24 unanswered points in the first half, had no incomplete passes and obliterated Brady's Founders 43-16 to advance to the championship game. The Wildcats earned a spot in the championship game by defeated the Founders. They fared better in a rematch with Team USA, but Doucette scored three touchdowns in his team's 24-14 victory.

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