Jaire Alexander says something painfully real about his future with the Packers
The Green Bay Packers are done in the 2024 season, and Jaire Alexander's stint with the team might be as well. It was the final day for players in the locker room to clean up their stuff and have exit meetings with the coaches. Local media wanted to talk to Alexander, but he was real, […]
The Green Bay Packers are done in the 2024 season, and Jaire Alexander's stint with the team might be as well. It was the final day for players in the locker room to clean up their stuff and have exit meetings with the coaches.
Local media wanted to talk to Alexander, but he was real, according to NBC 26 reporter Kelly Hallinan.
Jaire Alexander missed 34 of the last 68 games for the Packers. He has handled multiple injuries — shoulder, knee, groin. Last year, he also missed one game because of a team-imposed suspension. He finished the season on injured reserve.
As he will enter his eighth NFL season in 2025, there are fair questions about what the Packers will do with him. Jaire is under contract for two more seasons, slated to make $17.5 million in 2025 and $19.5 million in 2026.
Even though he still plays at a high level, the lack of availability is a big issue, and it's difficult to allocate such a significant amount of money under these circumstances.
According to Over the Cap, his cap hit in 2025 is $25.376 million. If traded or released, the dead money would be $18.117 million — $7.259 million in cap savings. The Packers would have the option to release him with a post-June 1st designation, leaving behind $7.876 million in dead money in 2025, with $17.5 million in cap savings. In this scenario, though, there would be $10.241 million in dead money in 2026.
That's a decision general manager Brian Gutekunst will have to make in the offseason, and it's looking like it might lead to the Packers and their former first-round going separate ways in 2025.
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