{"id":117190,"date":"2025-06-09T22:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T22:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/117190\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T22:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T22:52:12","slug":"packers-dealt-2-word-warning-from-bears-rookie-wr-luther-burden-after-alexander-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/117190\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers Dealt 2-Word Warning From Bears Rookie WR Luther Burden After Alexander Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/dealt-warning-chicago-bears-luther-burden-jaire-alexander-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Packers Dealt 2-Word Warning From Bears Rookie WR Luther Burden After Alexander Release;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Packers Dealt 2-Word Warning From Bears Rookie WR Luther Burden After Alexander Release<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver Luther Burden has bad things on his mind following the Green Bay Packers&#8217; release of All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Selected in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft, Burden hopes to elevate the Bears offense and help Caleb Williams exact some revenge against their NFC counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the news break of Alexander&#8217;s release, Burden had a two-word message to the Packers.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Luther Burden IIIGetty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/723aca560db5d050ab547daafdbf458a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Luther Burden IIIGetty Images<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKrfk7qAx1Q\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NFL Instagram account&#039;s announcement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NFL Instagram account&#8217;s announcement<\/a> of Alexander&#8217;s release, Burden replied: &#8220;Uh oh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His response is the No. 1-most liked comment, garnering over 6,000 likes after just four hours, as fans seem to agree with Burden.<\/p>\n<p>While the Packers may have questions at cornerback, the organization is also accustomed to playing without Alexander. The 28-year-old corner was plagued by injury, playing just 14 games the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>However, the void left by him was felt. The Packers were 10-4 in those games with Alexander and 10-10 without him. The amount of receiver talent in the NFC North &#8212; Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, D.J. Moore and Rome Odunze &#8212; is a daunting task for any team.<\/p>\n<p>But Green Bay was proactive in its impasse with Alexander.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers signed Nate Hobbs to a four-year, $48 million contract as he officially assumes a starting role in Alexander&#8217;s absence.<\/p>\n<p>Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine appear poised to battle for the other starting spot at outside cornerback, while 2024 second-round pick Javon Bullard is poised to take the starting nickel spot.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/packers-predicted-replace-jaire-alexander-204511601.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Packers Predicted to Replace Jaire Alexander With Ex-Viking, Former All-Pro;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Related: Packers Predicted to Replace Jaire Alexander With Ex-Viking, Former All-Pro<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/ex-packers-first-round-pick-021749854.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Related: Ex-Packers First-Round Pick Named Most Underappreciated Player On Team Entering 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Related: Ex-Packers First-Round Pick Named Most Underappreciated Player On Team Entering 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/dealt-warning-chicago-bears-luther-burden-jaire-alexander-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Athlon Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 9, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Packers Dealt 2-Word Warning From Bears Rookie WR Luther Burden After Alexander Release originally appeared on Athlon Sports.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[4566,1036,9759,391,2498,7,41,345,2514,2513,5390,4563,462,8265,2780,9761,277,5392,6,428,2495],"class_list":{"0":"post-117190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-amon-ra-st-brown","9":"tag-caleb-williams","10":"tag-carrington-valentine","11":"tag-chicago-bears","12":"tag-d-j-moore","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-green-bay","15":"tag-green-bay-packers","16":"tag-greenbay","17":"tag-greenbaypackers","18":"tag-jaire-alexander","19":"tag-jameson-williams","20":"tag-javon-bullard","21":"tag-jordan-addison","22":"tag-justin-jefferson","23":"tag-keisean-nixon","24":"tag-luther-burden","25":"tag-nate-hobbs","26":"tag-nfl","27":"tag-packers","28":"tag-rome-odunze"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114655864251771439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}