{"id":77175,"date":"2025-07-20T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/77175\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T05:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:00:10","slug":"patrick-mahomes-couldnt-believe-this-flag-football-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/77175\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Mahomes couldn&#8217;t believe this flag football catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/07\/sports\/patrick-mahomes-reveals-hes-spoken-to-tom-brady-a-good-amount-in-offseason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Mahomes is in search of<\/a> some more wideouts for the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2025 NFL Flag Championships on Saturday, one young player snagged a touchdown catch that was so impressive that it caught the attention of the three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYooo what?\u201d Mahomes posted on X in reply to a post of the play.<\/p>\n<p>Brysen Wright of Jaguars Elite cut through three defenders en route to the end zone before snatching the ball mid-air for the catch before falling to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The reception, which Wright caught with one hand, left the announcers practically speechless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is truly unbelievable,\u201d one said as a replay aired.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, who is a high school class of 2028 wide receiver from Jacksonville, Florida, has already accumulated multiple college offers.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36587109\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nflflag-com-find-league-near-108437813.jpg\" alt=\"Spectacular flag football catch.\" class=\"wp-image-36587109\"  \/>Wright already has multiple scholarship offers. Patrick Mahomes II, \/X<\/p>\n<p>The receiver received offers from Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, Miami, Florida State and Colorado, along with others, <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/recruitment\/brysen-wright-175881\/recruitinterests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to 247Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Flag football has increased in popularity across all age groups, including at the professional level, where <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/20\/sports\/nfl-ownera-unanimously-approve-olympic-flag-football-participation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL owners unanimously approved<\/a> player participation at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this news represents a great opportunity for the sport, for the NFL,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/nfl-owners-vote-to-permit-players-to-participate-in-2028-summer-olympics-flag-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">commissioner Roger Goodell said in May<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s truly the next step in making NFL football and football a global sport for men and women of all ages and all opportunities across the globe.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36587110\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/patrick-mahomes-15-kansas-city-103297831.jpg\" alt=\"Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs smiles.\" class=\"wp-image-36587110\"  \/>Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after a game against the Los Angeles Rams at Arrowhead Stadium on November 27, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that\u2019s the right thing to do, and this is a big step in accomplishing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite initially showing interest in participating, Mahomes said he was likely to forego flag football in the 2028 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll probably leave that to the younger guys,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/29\/sports\/patrick-mahomes-doesnt-seem-too-interested-in-olympic-flag-football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahomes told reporters in May<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ll be a little older by the time that comes around.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perhaps Patrick Mahomes is in search of some more wideouts for the Chiefs. 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