NFL players' Olympic flag football dreams face another hurdle — the injury risk

For NFL players enticed by Olympic gold, the Fanatics Flag Football Classic was a harsh reality check.Two squads of NFL superstars, doomed by a skills discrepancy and lack of flag knowledge, lost all three games to Team USA by a combined 106-44 score.The lopsided exhibition badly exposed the pros.The only relief: For the most part, they didn’t hurt themselves.Advertisement