{"id":856255,"date":"2026-08-15T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856255\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T14:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:50:09","slug":"dolphins-rookie-wr-caleb-douglas-has-pretty-incredible-catch-in-preseason-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/856255\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins rookie WR Caleb Douglas has &#8220;pretty incredible&#8221; catch in preseason debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dolphins rookie wide receiver Caleb Douglas\u2019s work in practice this summer <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/dolphins-depth-chart-has-third-round-pick-caleb-douglas-as-a-starting-wide-receiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">earned him a spot<\/a> in the starting lineup for the team\u2019s preseason opener and it didn\u2019t take long for the third-round pick to stand out against the Commanders. <\/p>\n<p>On the Dolphins\u2019 first third down on their opening drive, quarterback Malik Willis fired a ball down the right side of the field to Douglas. Commanders cornerback Antonio Hamilton got his hands on the rookie and drew a flag for pass interference, but Douglas was able to extend his left hand, tip the ball in the air and then <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/videos\/can-t-miss-play-one-handed-catch-alert-caleb-douglas-looks-like-obj-as-he-snags-willis-back-shoulder-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pull it into his body<\/a> for a 28-yard gain. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/sports\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/article316881742.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pretty incredible<\/a> and I look forward to watching it on tape,\u201d head coach Jeff Hafley said, via C. Isaiah Smalls II of the Miami Herald.<\/p>\n<p>It was Douglas\u2019s only catch of the night as the Dolphins went on to score a touchdown on the only drive of the game for the first team, but it was a good sign that the practice highlights translated into a game setting. More of the same once the regular season starts will make Douglas look like a steal in Miami\u2019s first draft with Hafley and General Manager Jon-Eric Sullivan on the job. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolphins rookie wide receiver Caleb Douglas\u2019s work in practice this summer earned him a spot in the starting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-856255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}