Douglas Explains the Many Ways He Can Help the Dolphins Offense
Douglas Explains the Many Ways He Can Help the Dolphins Offense
Third-round pick Caleb Douglas is oozing with confidence as he prepares for his first NFL training campJake Gibson|
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Miami DolphinsThe wide receiver room for Miami Dolphins received much-needed depth during the NFL draft, but Caleb Douglas feels like he can be more than just depth.
A third-round pick out of Texas Tech, Douglas has enthusiasm to spare as training camps draw ever-so-slightly nearer. With the departures of playmakers like Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill, this is the perfect position for a rookie like Douglas to make a case for significant playing minutes.
He shared what he wants to provide for the team in an interview on The Dive Bar Podcast, and it's plentiful. He believes Miami trusts him to make the jump from college to NFL and immediately contribute with whatever the Dolphins ask him to do.
A Skill Set Ready For the Next Level
Douglas said that he didn't have Miami on his list of teams that would select him, citing Cleveland and Minnesota as more likely destinations. However, he couldn't be happier with where he ended up, because it's the perfect situation for him.
"I did have a Zoom with Miami, but it was almost too good to be true," Douglas said. "I'm expecting the call to be from probably the Browns, probably Minnesota. I got a call from the Dolphins, and it's a great opportunity out there. I'm on the way, I can't wait to be out there."
There's no pressure here in Miami, according to Douglas. As far as trust from the coaching staff, it's already established with him based on where they drafted him, as opposed to an even later round.
"I feel like I really just got to keep doing what I'm doing," Douglas said. "That's why they chose me. I feel like they would never choose me that early if they didn't believe in me. I've got to do a little more because we're at a higher caliber of play now. But just go out there, catch the ball, run hard, score a touchdown, and the rest is going to follow."
Bring Versatility to the Group
When we get to training camp, there's a clear vision for what Douglas wants to focus on. It's his versatility, something he excelled at with the Red Raiders, with 846 receiving yards and seven touchdowns off of 54 receptions in 2025, a performance that earned second-team All-Big 12 honors.
"I'm trying to go out there and let the coach know I can play at all positions," Douglas said. "I'm not just this type of receiver. I can be inside, I can be outside. Put the ball in my hands. I can go out there and make some plays for us, so you can win games."
This was a big strength for Douglas at Texas Tech. He specialized in separation from defensive backs, being an excellent route-runner and vertical deep threat thanks to his speed — he ran a 4.39 at the NFL combine — and his size (6-4, 206). It's this rare combination of speed and size that gives him a high ceiling in the NFL.
"I've just got to keep being consistent," said Douglas. "Go out there and keep being the caliber player that I am. I'm a big guy who can move in small places; use that to my advantage. I stop better than a lot of people, so go ahead and stop, and when I want to run, go ahead and run."
We're Bringing Back Trick Plays?
Aside from just being a receiver, Douglas believes that he can still throw the ball. So, he had a conversation with Malik Willis, and he's advocating for chances on trick plays to showcase his arm — after all, he was a quarterback in high school. And he's not interested in short yardage; he wants to air it out.
"Malik and I were talking about this," Douglas said. "Malik said, "Hey, you played quarterback?' I said, 'Yeah, man.' If Coach is listening to this, I do not want to throw a 10-20-yarder, I'm trying to throw a bomb like Mohamed Sanu."
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JAKE GIBSONJake Gibson is a writer for the Miami Dolphins on SI. He began his sports journalism career with PantherNOW, the student newspaper at his alma mater, Florida International University, where he began as a sportswriter before being promoted to Sports Director. Coming out of college, Jake joined Lemon City Live, where he was able to cover FIU Athletics, the Florida Panthers, NASCAR @ Homestead-Miami Speedway, and the Miami Dolphins, for which he was the beat writer from 2022 to 2024. Jake also works for the Five Reasons Sports Network and is the host of the Shula Bowl Podcast. A native of Homestead, Florida, Jake grew up a South Florida sports fan and has currently attended five Super Bowls in person.
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Meet Melat Kiros, the Ethiopian-born anti-Israel socialist crusader who is DSA’s rising star after stunning upset in Colorado
By Ryan King Published July 1, 2026, 2:06 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
Add The New York Post on GoogleWASHINGTON — Democratic socialism is spreading West.
Political newcomer Melat Kiros, 29, who took down 15-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Col.) in a stunning primary upset Tuesday, is riding a wave of anti-Israel and anti-ICE sentiment sweeping her party.
The Ethiopian-born PhD student has pushed to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), suggested that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks were “inevitable,” downplayed suggestions that a firebombing of a Jewish rally was an act of antisemitism, and more.
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Once in the House of Representatives, which is considered likely because she’s in a safe blue district, Kiros has vowed to push Democrats as far left as possible and to oppose Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) becoming speaker.
Political awakening
Kiros refined many of her far-left views in law school at Notre Dame in the early 2020s, a period she describes as her political awakening, as the country was roiled by the COVID-19 pandemic and peak wokeness.
“I literally watched the Federalist Society handpicking some of my classmates onto the judge track in their decades-long bid to pack the courts,” she complained, according to Vox. “…I just lost faith in the system; I think a lot of young people did.”
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After law school in 2022, she joined the law firm Sidley Austin in New York, where she worked as a regulatory and enforcement associate. The following year, she was fired for writing a viral open letter lambasting law firms for pushing to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses.
“By chilling future lawyers’ employment prospects for criticism of the Israeli government’s actions and its legitimacy, you are complicit in Israel’s weaponization of anti-Semitism against legitimate concerns for the right of self-determination and the livelihood of the Palestinian people,” she wrote in the missive.
Sidley Austin demanded she take the letter down, but Kiros claims she refused and was fired as a result.
“I didn’t flinch because I stood by every word and I always will,” she boasted during her victory speech Tuesday.
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That move drew headlines and boosted her name recognition in lefty circles.
After losing her law gig, Kiros moved back to Colorado, where her family had immigrated while she was just 11-months-old. Her father had been picked in America’s Diversity Visa Lottery, per her campaign website.
Back home, she enrolled in a PhD program in public policy and worked as a barista.
Then, in the middle of last year, she decided to launch a seemingly long-shot primary challenge against DeGette, who is widely considered to be a very progressive lawmaker and has served in Congress longer than Kiros has been alive.
DeGette had the backing of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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But Kiros’ candidacy caught fire with the DSA and other lefty groups that were hunting for candidates to take on incumbent Democrats and push the party further leftwards.
One of the major differences between the two was Kiros’ tougher stance against Israel. DeGette faced grassroots pushback for supporting defensive aid to Israel.
Kiros, however, made tough talk against the Jewish state a feature of her campaign.
For example, she told notorious lefty streamer Hasan Piker that the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack was an “inevitable consequence of apartheid,” though she later clarified she wasn’t trying to say it was justified.
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Piker is a very controversial streamer, having declared that “America deserved 9/11″ and praised the “brave mujahideen” who injured Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas).
In a similar vein, she told 9News journalist Kyle Clark that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were an “inevitable consequence” of US foreign policy.
Kiros has stirred local controversy for downplaying the role of antisemitism in the June 1, 2025, firebombing attack at a weekly Jewish gathering aimed at bringing attention to the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. One person was killed and a dozen were injured in that attack.
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The attacker, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, screamed “Free Palestine” before later stating that he “wanted to kill all Zionist people,” according to the FBI.
Kiros repeatedly declined to call it antisemitism and told NOTUS that it wasn’t “entirely obvious that it was just motivated by antisemitism.”
Many of her positions are similar to those of other DSA members, including support for Medicare for All, a modified Green New Deal, and mass amnesty. Kiros also wants a 10% slash in Pentagon spending.
“People are seeing that capitalism is responsible for a lot of the degradation that we’re seeing in our economy, that we’re seeing in our democracy, that we’re certainly seeing in our climate as well,” she claimed in a recent interview.
“They’re demanding a new way to organize our economy.”
Should she win in November, she will be the first Gen. Z woman to serve in Congress and the second Zoomer overall, after Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.)
She is riding a socialist revolt within the Democratic Party, as far-left candidates have won primaries across New York, Maine, Illinois, and elsewhere heading into the midterms.
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