One of the biggest questions of the Green Bay Packers offseason has been the immediate future of two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander. After the Packers were eliminated from the NFL Playoffs by the eventual Super Bowl Champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, Alexander refused to answer questions from Green Bay media members, but did claim he had nothing good to say and that he was not sure he would be back next season.
The comments came at the end of what was a second consecutive injury-plagued season for the star cornerback. Out of a possible 34 regular season games over the last two years, Alexander played in just 14. There were rumblings that he and the Packers did not agree on the best course of treatment for his torn PCL that he suffered in Week Eight of 2024.
He ended up getting surgery after the regular season ended.
The Green Bay Packers Will Not Bring Jaire Alexander Back in 2025
Going into the 2025 NFL Draft, many Packers fans expected the team to draft a cornerback early to help ease the burden of losing Alexander. What is more, some thought that Green Bay would trade him during the draft for more picks.
When neither of those things happened, these fans believed it was an indication that the star cornerback would, in fact, return in 2025. When news broke that Alexander was taking part in the Packers’ virtual offseason program, these hopes were stoked even more.
However, Packers insider Tom Silverstein reports that the relationship between Alexander and Green Bay is broken beyond repair, and he will indeed not be on the team this coming season.
“A source familiar with the dealings between the Packers and Alexander said the Packers still were in the market to trade him and were waiting to see if a team might have interest after the draft,” Silverstein wrote. “There is no plan for the Packers to bring Alexander back after deciding in February they were moving on and then shopping him to teams.”
Silverstein also reported that there was a team interested in acquiring Alexander via trade, but that the cornerback was unwilling to restructure his contract for them to ease their cap burden. As a result, they pulled their offer.
Alexander’s participation in the offseason programs is because of a clause in his contract that gives him a $700,000 workout bonus for taking part in a certain percentage of the team’s activities.
The Packers are still trying to find a trade partner now after the draft, but will release him if they cannot find any.
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