GREEN BAY — As the improbable hero of the Green Bay Packers’ season-defining 24-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals re-entered the visitors’ locker room at State Farm Stadium late Thursday night, the celebration was in full swing.
Rasul Douglas had just finished his Q&A session with reporters, during which the journeyman cornerback had spoken of how blessed he felt to be on the Packers’ roster after his previously nomadic NFL journey, how much his victory-clinching interception meant to him and what his path to that top-of-the-world moment had been like against a team he’d been employed by just 22 days earlier.