CB Rasul Douglas grateful for opportunity Packers…

“Probably when I’m about to use this time to wind down for a little bit, the next few weeks to wind down, I’ll probably think about it,” said Douglas of his season. “Right now, anytime I stop doing anything fun or anything with family, I just think about the last time I put on pads.”

After signing with Green Bay, Douglas said he wrote down a list of goals for the remainder of the season that included being available wherever the team needed him, staying in his playbook and doing extra work after every practice.

The plan appears to have worked. In just 12 games with Green Bay, Douglas recorded as many interceptions (five) as he did through his first four NFL seasons (five in 60 contests). Douglas also forced the only fumble of his career in a Packers uniform, and he nearly had another one in the playoff game but it was overturned by replay.

With the season over, Douglas is set to hit unrestricted free agency for the second time in as many seasons. However, he’ll see a much different market this year than the one he met last April.

Douglas would like nothing more than to be back. When asked by a reporter how much money it’ll take to make that happen, Douglas replied with a wry smile, “Probably a little bit more. But nothing crazy.”

In all seriousness, Douglas is grateful for how the locker room welcomed him this season. At the time he signed with the Packers, he only knew a few players, including former Philadelphia teammate Chandon Sullivan. By the end of the year, Douglas felt connected to the entire locker room.

“They embraced me good – like family, like a brother,” Douglas said. “Good conversations. Good people. They’re all great people. I wished we’d had more opportunities to play together as a whole with everyone healthy. I would have wished for that more, but they welcomed me as a brother.”

Douglas knows his future is also somewhat out of his hands. For now, he wants to get his mind right, his body healed and prepare for the start of free agency.

Douglas remains grateful for the opportunity the Packers gave him to revitalize his career after getting released twice in the span of a few weeks during training camp.

“I built a family here,” Douglas said. “I’ve still got some unfinished business, I feel like, to handle. Of course, I want to be here. But I don’t think that’s all my decision to make.”