Rasul Douglas goes from practice squad to Thursday…

Three weeks ago, Rasul Douglas was sitting on the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad and wondering what lay ahead for him in the National Football League.

On Thursday night, the 6-foot-2, 209-pound cornerback was the most celebrated player inside a raucous State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

Only Douglas wasn’t wearing the Cardinals’ all-black uniform. After signing to the Packers’ active roster on Oct. 6, the fourth-year veteran cornerback was instead lined up across from former All-Pro receiver A.J. Green with 15 seconds to go, Arizona down at the Green Bay 5 and the Packers clinging to a scant three-point lead.

On the game’s most important play, interim defensive play-caller Jerry Gray and inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti dialed up an all-out blitz. In reaction, Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray’s pass sailed high past an unsuspecting Green and into the hands of Douglas to seal a 24-21 Packers victory.

Afterward, Douglas had only one word, repeated three times, to express his feelings after knocking off his former team and the league’s last unbeaten squad.

“Blessed. Blessed. Blessed, man,” Douglas said. “You’re in a crazy mental state being in the league five years, never been on a practice squad before. And then one day you’re just on a practice squad, you feel like you’re working for nothing, kinda, and then you get a call and you’re somewhere else, and you’re just playing. So I’m just thankful.”

A third-round pick by Philadelphia in 2017, Douglas has worn four NFL uniforms over the past two months. After being released by the Las Vegas Raiders in August, Douglas spent a week with Houston before signing to Arizona’s practice squad.