The Green Bay Packers are looking better at cornerback after signing free agent Benjamin St-Juste and spending their first 2026 draft pick on South Carolina's Brandon Cisse. However, there's still room for improvement at that spot, and an ex-Packer may be just the man for the job.
St-Juste played well for the Chargers last season, albeit on a small sample size. Hadn't shown much promise in his career before then. Cisse only turns 21 in July. Counting on such a young Day 2 draft pick as a key contributor for a Super Bowl hopeful seems like wishful thinking.
That's why a sturdier, reliable veteran presence could be so useful for the Pack's secondary. And one familiar face has shared his interest in returning to Titletown.
Rasul Douglas' desire for Packers homecoming would solve lingering issue for Green Bay
Rasul Douglas came into his own in Green Bay during the 2021 campaign after being a practice squad journeyman for his whole career to that point. He was shipped to Buffalo around the 2023 trade deadline, and spent last year in Miami, earning Week 14 AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors in another solid season.
Packer Report's Easton Butler spoke to Douglas about the possibility of coming back to the Packers, and he seemed pretty jazzed about that scenario, as relayed by Butler:
"I was told he was in talks with the Packers, Buccaneers, Bills and Commanders, with a price point, and Sul said 'idk how accurate that is honestly'. He also told me he doesn't know the 'ins and outs until something is real is boutta get handled.'"
So it sounds like Douglas is a hot commodity in this post-draft wave of free agency. Now that compensatory picks aren't involved in any more transactions, perhaps Douglas can get some traction and strike a deal with one of those reported suitors soon.
Even if the Packers theoretically have two starting boundary corners in Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine for 2026, with Cisse waiting in the wings, both Nixon and Valentine are in contract years. Douglas is a better player than both of them.
Nixon, who made his hay in Green Bay more as a dynamic return man before working his way up the defensive depth chart, committed a whopping 12 penalties in 2025 and still allowed a 105.2 passer rating. Valentine let up a 109.4 mark in that category. Douglas' passer rating allowed was just 72.6.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst can't really be that convicted in either Nixon nor Valentine. And look, it's cool and all that the latter was a seventh-round pick who's fought his way to starting status, but Gutey is too smart to let pride get the best of him and blindly roll with Valentine just for the sake of it.
Granted, once Micah Parsons returns, he'll elevate the rest of the secondary and make their jobs easier. It's just that the Packers can't roll into the season with Nixon and Valentine and expect great results. That duo has the benefit of excellent safety play and a solid nickel in Javon Bullard. To still post that bad of numbers in coverage is virtually inexcusable.
So sure, Douglas' second stint in Green Bay would be a sentimental storyline, yet it'd also make a heck of a lot of football sense.
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