Packers offer Jaire Alexander a restructured contract
Aaron is joined by Matt Schneidman to discuss his latest piece for The Athletic and his report that the team has offered Jaire Alexander a restructured contract.
By PackerAaron
You can read Matt's piece at The Athletic right here: https://nyti.ms/3FdSgIy
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Comments (14)
Ya_tittle
May 27, 2025 at 01:50 pm
I think offering him similar money only if earned through incentives AND making him a free agent after this season would unleash his all pro performance.
dblbogey
May 27, 2025 at 09:24 pm
I'd happily keep him with his current contract, except for the fact he's missed exactly 50% of his games the last 4 years, he's likely no longer the shutdown corner of his pre-injuries youth and there's the chance that he gets weird again this year (1 game suspension) and seems to have a sometimes questionable attitude. For those reasons, I don't see him getting big guaranteed money as a free agent and the Packers need to be very careful with any new revised contract. Having a huge need to add to the CB room makes it a tough call.
SicSemperTyrannis
May 28, 2025 at 05:08 am
He still makes not only the CB room better, not only the rookie WRs better, by the entire WR room better. The only reason I don't say the same for all our DBs is I'll let X say if he thinks he's better with Ja on the team.
Starrbrite
May 27, 2025 at 01:51 pm
Good —sign him, or in other words, I hope he accepts the offer.
Go Packers!!!
T7Steve
May 27, 2025 at 01:58 pm
I don't think he'll accept it till the last possible second, but I hope it works out for the Packers.
Alberta_Packer
May 27, 2025 at 02:35 pm
The reality is that JA is still under contract - so he has little or no incentive, at the present time, to accept a re-structured contract However the real pressure point will be the mandatory mini-camp - when the Packers will want JA under a re-structured contract (should be become injured). So it makes sense that JA and his agent will negotiate up to the last minute in order to maximize a new contract. Alternatively the Packers could cut him - with JA then facing an uncertain and largely spent free agent market.
Starrbrite
May 27, 2025 at 04:13 pm
Me too Tsteve
Alberta_Packer
May 27, 2025 at 02:19 pm
Offering JA a re-structured contract was always the most likely endgame for Gutekunst. This has been a classic "can't see the forest for the trees" story by a majority of the media. So I'm now expecting an announcement of a re-structured contract - anytime between the OTAs and the mandatory mini-camp.
PackerAaron
May 27, 2025 at 02:50 pm
"This has been a classic "can't see the forest for the trees" story by a majority of the media." - someone who did not watch the video.
Alberta_Packer
May 27, 2025 at 03:22 pm
"i didn't want to hear anything until training camp" - is not exactly predictive analysis.
Heyward
May 27, 2025 at 03:48 pm
How thin is your skin when you give a crap what fans comment on social media?
WD
May 28, 2025 at 10:57 am
Negotiate by all means. But ultimately (even at the 11th hour) remember we need Jaire to be the contender we want to be. Every other team in our division has improved dramatically over the off season. Jaire wants to stay and we want him. Just get it done!
Lphill
May 28, 2025 at 11:25 am
at the end of the day the Packers defense is better with Alexander.
Bitternotsour
May 28, 2025 at 11:34 am
and if he isn't making the packer defense better, then he's making someone else defense better...