{"id":217305,"date":"2025-08-26T08:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=217305"},"modified":"2025-08-26T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:28:44","slug":"rasul-douglas-signs-contract-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/08\/26\/rasul-douglas-signs-contract-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Super Bowl Champion Signs Contract With Miami Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight-year veteran cornerback Rasul Douglas signed a new contract with the Miami Dolphins. Douglas, a former third-round pick, spent the 2024 season with the Buffalo Bills but has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, and Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n

Rasul Douglas, Miami Dolphins, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n

Douglas hits free agency on the heels of a disappointing campaign. Starting in all 15 games, the veteran finished the season with no interceptions, five passes defended, 58 tackles, five tackles-for-loss, and a 53.9 PFF grade, the 102nd-best mark out of 116 eligible players. However, even with his relative struggles, Buffalo still made it to the AFC Championship Game. Unfortunately, their season came to a premature end after narrowly losing<\/a> to the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rasul Douglas originally entered the league as a third-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft<\/a>. Selected by the Philadelphia Eagles, the West Virginia product played a complementary role as a rookie. Starting in five games while making 14 appearances, the rookie finished his inaugural season with two interceptions, 11 passes defended, 25 tackles, and a 64.1 PFF grade. With his help, the Eagles brought home their first Super Bowl in franchise history while taking down Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n

Douglas’ promising rookie season earned him a larger role in 2018 and he responded with a strong season. However, he regressed in 2019 and Philadelphia cut him ahead of the 2020 season. Landing with the Carolina Panthers<\/a>, Douglas appeared in 14 games and made 11 starts while recording nine passes defended and 62 tackles.<\/p>\n

Following this unremarkable start to his career, Rasul Douglas struggled to find a long-term contract. The West Virginia product spent time with the Raiders, Texans, and Cardinals but couldn’t keep a job until he signed with the Green Bay Packers in early October. He proved to be a true diamond in the rough, as he developed into a starting-caliber cornerback for the Packers and Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Tina MacIntyre – Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran cornerback Rasul Douglas has signed a new contract after an up-and-down 2024 with the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":217307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,3],"tags":[7705,7777,246,1901],"class_list":["post-217305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-bills","tag-buffalo-bills-news","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-nfl-news","tag-rasul-douglas"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217305"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243895,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217305\/revisions\/243895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}