Douglas bounced around this offseason, joining three different training camp or practice squad rosters before finally landing with the Packers in response to injuries to Jaire Alexander and Kevin King.
Since arriving in Green Bay, Douglas has quickly overtaken Isaac Yiadom on the depth chart and had a big impact as an outside corner.
With the Cardinals receiver breaking across the field, Douglas stayed in phase with him the entire way, and then made a confident play to break up the pass at the catch point.
There’s good news there as well, as Douglas is quite comfortable with his play strength and toughness to naturally cause receivers to drift towards the sideline, using it as an extra defender.
The Packers have also needed a cornerback who can attack downhill aggressively to make plays against the run and on screen/swing passes in Jaire’s absence.
These kinds of plays aren’t an anomaly for Douglas, either.
During my time scouting college players, I remembered Douglas as a ball hawk at West Virginia.
However, the play that Douglas was able to make on the ball, even after bobbling it, is a credit to his ball skills that have been on display since his time with the Mountaineers.
For someone who was signed off a practice squad just a few weeks ago, Douglas is having a massive impact on Green Bay’s defense at a position where the team is extremely thin.