Though the 2025 NFL season is less than 100 days from kicking off, the league could still see some big moves from teams before then.
The Los Angeles Chargers, perhaps needing more help at the cornerback position, the team should be looking at a potential move the Green Bay Packers could make. It seems the Packers and Alexander are headed for divorce after they tried to trade him during this year's draft.
Alex Kay of Bleacher Report believes that Alexander should be cut now that we are on the other side of June 1.
"The Green Bay Packers have been trending towards a breakup with longtime cornerback Jaire Alexander for some time.
After trying and failing to trade the 28-year-old during this year's draft, they may want to just release him rather than continue dragging the saga out.
While the Packers would have structured any trade agreement to occur after June 1 (giving the team $17 million in instant cap relief against a $7.5 million dead money hit, rather than reversing those figures in a pre-June 1 move), the team could not find a taker for the talented but injury-prone defensive back.
Green Bay was also facing the same $17.1 million dead money/$7.5 million savings split if it cut Alexander before June, but it now has the option to outright release him for far more significant savings.
This immediate relief frees up more cash to spend on free agents ahead of training camp.
While the franchise brass has reportedly put a restructured deal on the table for the 2018 first-round pick, he hasn't been amenable to it. He still has two years remaining on the then-record four-year, $84 million extension he signed in 2022, a deal agreed to ahead of his second and most recent Pro Bowl campaign.
Injuries have been the unfortunate story of his career since 2023, though, and he has suited up for just 14 of a possible 34 games in that span.
Given Alexander also missed 13 games in 2021, it's time for Green Bay to move on and get a fresh start with younger, healthier backups such as rookie Micah Robinson and Carrington Valentine stepping into bigger roles", wrote Kay.
This is the business side of the NFL and though Alexander is still a capable corner when healthy, it's likely that the Packers move on for all of the reasons mentioned above.
The Chargers could be the benefactor of such a move, scooping Alexander up and making him the veteran presence in a young secondary that may be placing too much on the shoulders of second-year players Cam Hart and Tarheeb Still.
If Alexander becomes available, there will likely be more than one team interested in his services, but the Chargers need to be the one to make the deal and bring him aboard.
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