{"id":376836,"date":"2025-09-18T04:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/376836\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T04:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:48:12","slug":"demario-douglas-plans-to-trust-the-process-with-patriots-after-quiet-day-in-miami-nbc-sports-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/376836\/","title":{"rendered":"DeMario Douglas plans to \u2018trust the process\u2019 with Patriots after quiet day in Miami \u2013 NBC Sports Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOXBORO \u2014 DeMario Douglas played just 15 snaps in Miami<\/a>, a number that reflected only 25 percent of the Patriots’ offensive plays in their first win of the season. He wasn\u2019t targeted with a pass until the fourth quarter, catching it for an eight-yard gain, and he never saw another pass in his direction.<\/p>\n

For a player who looked like New England\u2019s most consistent and dynamic wideout<\/a> in training camp, that workload in Week 2 was noteworthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like that was probably just the game plan for Miami,\u201d Douglas told NBC Sports Boston. \u201cWe felt like they couldn’t stop the run, so we did a lot of things to run that ball. I think we did a great job doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas added, \u201cI know I didn’t play a lot, but we got the dub. I feel like it was a game plan that worked because we came out with\u00a0the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Patriots were able to play a drastically different style in Miami because of their ability to run the football<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They were often under center and frequently deployed two-tight end sets to try to grind down the Dolphins. They ended up averaging 4.2 yards per carry, picking up 122 yards on 29 attempts. And whereas quarterback Drake Maye tossed 46 passes in Week 1, he threw just 23 in Week 2.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not exactly the kind of formula that would lead to a heavy dose of the 5-foot-8, 192-pound Douglas.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor an athlete who loves the game, that part is frustrating, yeah,\u201d Douglas said. \u201cBut, man, at the end of the day, I’m blessed. We got the dub. That would be very selfish of me to come in here angry after a win. I can’t be mad. We got the dub. I did play a little, but we came out with a divisional win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Douglas played 45 snaps and was targeted five times — including twice in the end zone — in a more pass-happy Week 1 loss to the Raiders<\/a> when he caught a two-yard touchdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big thing with Pop is he\u2019s done such a great job since training camp, since the spring, learning the offense, being in different roles,\u201d Maye said when asked about Douglas\u2019 involvement. \u201cJust stay bringing it. I think that the ball is going to find him. There\u2019s going to be some opportunity where we can get him the football. He\u2019s a great player, good with the ball in his hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJust keep going. Sometimes the ball doesn\u2019t bounce your way in the game play some weeks. … We\u2019ll definitely find ways to get Pop the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, Douglas is maintaining optimism. He explained that he appreciated when coaches came to him later to tell him why the Miami game went the way it did for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel pretty good,\u201d he said. \u201cI come into meetings, nothing negative with what’s going on with my routes and stuff like that. Coach is calling the plays as he sees it. When he sees, you know, \u2018We gotta run this big package against this defense,\u2019 you gotta stay focused and trust the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf something’s going right, you don’t want to go away from it. You gotta stay on it and keep pushing the gas. I understand that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOXBORO \u2014 DeMario Douglas played just 15 snaps in Miami, a number that reflected only 25 percent of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7354,833,7,251,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,5175],"class_list":{"0":"post-376836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-demario-douglas","9":"tag-drake-maye","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-new-england","13":"tag-new-england-patriots","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots","18":"tag-phil-perry"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115223495014539773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}