Not a shocking move. He was never going to take the pay cut they offered, no one would. The CB situation isn't ideal at the moment. Pass rush better improve this year or this could be a real problem. Lots of time before the kick off for real.

Apparently, he feels that he will get a better deal elsewhere. I wish he was staying but it was just not in the cards.

No surprise. It was hard to see him taking a pay cut when his only issue was injuries. Let's hope he doesn't go to a division rival and stay healthy all season, like Aaron Jones did last year.

It would've been worth giving him another try at a reduced price, but they can still be a very good defense without him. They were last year.

Expecting to see a few vet FAs in town for tryouts in the short term. There are a few playable guys out there--no showstoppers, though--and it would behoove the Packers to kick the tires on a couple. If they have someone in mind, they could still get them in town in time for minicamp.

Alexander the Greedy now takes his highest paid, part time player brand on the road where he says he "can make more money" than the Packers were offering.

The Packers were incredibly patient and generous with the malcontent. But at the end of the relationship Gutey realized Alexander's motivation for football was not winning...it is making money and having a league leading salary for the attention and bragging rights.

If Hobbs stays healthy, the CB position will be better than it was in 2024 as he replaces Stokes. Of course, If Alexander would have swallowed his pride and stayed healthy for the first time in years the D would likely be better.

As it is, he's not a huge loss when considering the huge savings for a part timer. Perhaps the negotiations displayed a true malcontent who wants to leave and make more money elsewhere. Adios.

He will likely sign with the Lions Vikings or Bears. Could have, would have, should have...Didn't!
This will come back to haunt the Packers. Very poor negotiation skills.
Moreover, we waited until the 7th round to draft a CB. As Lombardi would say "what the hell is goin on out there!

I'm disappointed that they couldn't work out a deal. I think that the team is better with him than without him. The exception would be if he was a cancer in the locker room but I haven't seen anything stating that.

Sorry to see Alexander go. If he is healthy he will get signed by another team however it won;t be for as much as he thinks he deserves. As for the Packers the CB room is looking pretty thin right now. We'll see what their backup plan is. Thanks, Since '61

I applaud Green Bay for cutting this type of player.
He had character issues and the team was overly accommodating.
Fans were more attached to the fantasy of what Jaire could have brought than the actual reality.

No longer about the ring.
Only the money.

I never thought there was any serious possibility of this working out. I remember reading something dobber wrote about the only question being when he would be released, because it would affect how much money is coming off the books, and when, and I agreed with that.

Four years ago....before many of the guys on the team were here....McKinney, Bullard, Williams, Hobbs, Valentine, Nixon, etc......Alexander was a Pro Bowl CB. He was 23. Now, he's a 27 year old who has missed 3 out of 4 seasons

The GM knew all this, and he knew Jaire, and he knew the opinions of people on Jaire, and he ultimately concluded that this was a bad deal for the Packers. He tried to shop him at the Combine....no takers. He waited patiently for some offers. None came. He offered incentive based deals in exchange for the guaranteed $16.2M salary. Not acceptable. So, now it's post-June1, and the only remaining question is whether you're going to let this guy attend the OTAs, because an injury is going to put you on the hook for the entire $16M in salary.

Ultimately, that's a bad bet that no sensible GM is going to make.

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Nixon-Valentine-Hobbs, that's what we've got. And about a dozen or so CBs, some so new that Packers.com doesn't even have their photo. Truthfully, other than Kaelen King, I've never heard any of these guys.

You're only going to carry 5 CBs into the game, we have 3. If nobody gets hurt, we're in business with three solid CBs. If we start taking injuries, there could be problems.

According to Spotrac, there's about 20 or so CB FAs available yet. Some have names that are familiar, like Rasul Douglas, or that we've heard of like Assante Samuels, Shaq Griffin, Eli Apple. Some are pretty long in the tooth, like Gilmore. And of course, when teams start making their roster cutdowns there'll be some guys released who might be good enough to put on the roster.

We're thin at CB, hopefully that won;t matter, but I think the team needs more than 3 CBs who can play.

Just go get another Rasul off a practice squad somewhere. Easy-peasy.

it's 3 years alexander is trying to leave GB.
the question is...how much motivated he was in the last years?
because I think in a new team with new motivations and playing for a REAL contender we will see the old alexander.

Alexander was never going to play more than 30%-that is 5-6 games. Russian Roulette.

Alexander was never going to play more than 30%-that is 5-6 games. He took game-panning away from coaches w/ his Russian Roulette moves

I'm surprised that no trading partner could be found in the last month and a half or so. Someone? Anyone? For anything?

I hope not drafting a CB higher than the seventh round in the past couple of years doesn't come back to bite us in the ass...I think it would have been prudent to draft one earlier this time to give us a little insurance. So we'll be needing another PS gem, waiver wire steal, or some other means to give us some reasonable depth having lost Stokes and Ballentine.

IF...... Jaire ends up being healthy and top 10 CB in the NFL in his new team..... MAN we are gonna look like fools.
IF...... an injury or 2 happens to the CB Room...... MAN we can consider the season over.
IF...... Pass Rush dont step up at least x3 from last season.... Man oh MAN.
Our Division is full of Stud WR/TE... This season will be interesting.

It'll be interesting to see how much he signs for elsewhere...and with who. It's too bad things didn't work out here, but it would have been too much of a gamble at his current price tag and his injury history. This is the NFL...life goes on.

Who knows the 7th rounder may turn out to be damn good. It happens look at Purdy, he is more than decent!

The most likely scenario will be one of those "prove it" contracts. Incentive laden, and even if it is for multiple years, the team will make sure they have an early "out" if Alexander can't stay on the field. I have no animosity toward the man. None. Anyone saying he only wants the money is delusional. Why is it you go to work? Because you love it so much you'd be willing to take a big pay cut to stay with the company? Of course he wants the money. What is wrong with that? As far as the injuries, that is just bad luck. It happens, and it is totally out of the player's control. This is not a matter of not doing the conditioning, or being disruptive in the locker room. Apparently, that was not a problem. It came down to the Packers not wanting to pay premium money to a player they couldn't depend on. Which means they wanted Alexander to take less money, so the team could have more money. It's a business. And a sport. But when the average NFL career is just 3.3 years, yes, the players to last longer are going to want more. This is human nature.

You have to be on the field to make an impact on this Packer D. Three of the past 4 years, Alexander has not been available to warranted his salary. Move on... seek and ye shall find. GPG!

this happens when you have a bust QB but you can't trade him or release because just after that all the organization should resign, considering they traded up for him and they lost the possibility to draft the "last" piece missing to go to SB with #12.
so instead of drafting 2-3 CB (at least 1 high) they are piling WRs and TEs and offensive weapons trying to make our qb better. they need many guys that can try to catch his erratic throws.
when #12 was in town they did the opposite...you're the best so jeff janis can be enough.
these are mark murphy packers. and this man is complaining because he has just 1 SB (and that SB is ALL on Harlan people and players)...he is a clown not a CEO. HE IS THE REASON GB FAILED.

What about Cincinnati’s TREY
HENDRICKSON?

Shoulda, woulda, coulda...Didn't. He will most likely sign with either the Lions, Vikings or Bears. This will come back to haunt us big time.

Well, it is actually true that Mark Murphy is one of the main contributors to Green Bay's recent slow decline. He made certain to hire/promote men whom he could control by removing their autonomy and requiring them to report to him. This lack of autonomy, particularly in the GM role, would not be tolerated by successful GM's.
Gutekunst has squandered enormous draft capital by drafting poorly in early rounds year after year, thereby leaving Green Bay without foundational veteran leadership. Well-paid vets have been incognito-Gary, Alexander and Clark (lesser so). There are few reliable play-makers.
I think this is an emergency but there are few fans who understand the scope of this problem and therefore are lulled into thinking 'this is the year'. MLF was not held accountable either as he was Murphy's guy. So, he does the same thing every year. He tries to get better @ play-calling & in-game adjustments only to lose his cool every 3rd quarter, refuses offensive play-calling assistance, retains mediocre offensive positional coaches, refuses to fire failing Coordinators-Bissaccia, Barry., refuses to address the persistent failed Special Teams. He is not a true administrative HC, someone willing to make hard decisions.
And, all of the hopes for change will rest on the shoulders of Ed Policy-a non-football guy-an unknown quantity.
My prediction: GB will win 8-9 games. Policy will make a minor move to give Gutekunst (a below average GM)
more autonomy and the Packers will remain @ 8-9 wins/season
The Division has markedly improved and the Packers have not and that is the result of the Murphy experiment.

He has been one of Gutekunsts few draft home runs.
Being injured alot the last few seasons sucks. Still, the team got a little worse with his release. I'm not trying to get too negative before the season even starts but I've had this gnawing feeling lately that under Gute the packers continue to lose ground in our division.(1-5) 8 years of drafting now and not a whole lot to show for it. Hes been great in free agency,drafting though has been a little subpar. And when you claim to be a draft and develop organization,that's a problem. I'll be watching closely on this team he has built and with 8 draft classes unde his belt, I think at the end of the season we have enough data to make an assessment of his overall performance as GM and I'm sure the new President will be looking closely as well.

I was correct in thinking that there would be no resolution of the Alexander-Packers talks until just before the mandatory mini-camp. I was incorrect in thinking that JA would return on a re-structured contract. JA and his agent just did Gordon Gekko proud.

Still there is a little bit of good news to be had - with the cessation of the white noise that has accompanied this soap drama. Also for fans of sound investment management - the Packers have re-captured 17.5 M - which they can now use on other investments (players). Including free agents and cutdown players.

Alexander is a talented player when he plays. He just doesn't play much now due to nagging injuries that could be serious...or could be nicks and dings encouraging a lack of motivation to play. He got paid regardless.

Players like Jenks and Kenny get nicks and dings too but strap on the armor and play in the next battle. Jenks even suffered what looked to be a serious, possible season ending leg injury a few years ago and was back on the field 2 weeks later. I have had turf toe and can't imagine how Kenny played through it with 300 lb lineman stepping on it. It is excruciating pain just being bumped.

It was fun having a lock down corner like Alexander. But his part time dependability was becoming a luxury for a league with the salary cap.

at the end of the day the Packers defense was better with a healthy Alexander on the field, hard to replace that talent.

My take on the guy was, when he did play all he did was spout off to other players. I rarely ever saw him make a tackle and did he ever have an interception. The guy was in love with himself but he wasnt a football player. Glad to see him go.
Someone will pick him up cheap and be disappointed too.

The hardest part for me is being left to wonder if it was a tough decision to release Jaire.

Whole lot of people turning this into "Jaire thinks he can make more money elsewhere."

I think Jaire was looking to make the -same- money he was making in Green Bay.. in Green Bay.

I think when the Packers told Jaire the Re-structure would be a pay decrease, Jaire said no thank you, I'm willing to shift money around, but I'm not taking a pay cut.

IF that's how it went down, I don't think that's anywhere close to saying "Jaire thinks he can make more money elsewhere."

I'd love to see a show of hands from the good people of this website who have been injured on the job at their employer and had recurring issues, then were asked by their boss to take a pay cut, and said, "Yeah, that sounds fair to me."

He was never the same or as good after he signed the big contract. The Packers did the right thing.