In a series of tweets, Landis Alexander, the father of former Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander, shed some light on why his son eventually ended up parting ways with the Packers. Last week, ahead of minicamp, Green Bay chose to release Alexander after contract negotiations failed to produce a deal that satisfied both sides.<\/p>\n
According to the elder Alexander, the cornerback was \u201cvery willing to restructure\u201d the deal he had with the Packers, but claims that Green Bay wanted him to play under a contract that featured no guaranteed money. He also said that the offer that the Packers presented Jaire \u201cwould have been foolish to take,\u201d and that Alexander \u201cwasn\u2019t willing to play for damn near free.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Regarding Alexander\u2019s injury history, Landis stated that Jaire was unable to straighten his leg out during his series of injuries in 2024 and implied that the Packers\u2019 medical staff misdiagnosed the cornerback\u2019s injury last year. As a reminder, Alexander played in Weeks 1-3, 6-8 and 11 (for all of 10 snaps) before missing the final seven weeks of the season in 2024. He was placed on the injured reserve one day before Green Bay\u2019s regular season finale.<\/p>\n
While we don\u2019t know the exact details of the contract offer that Alexander received, this certainly provides some context for what has been unfolding over the past couple of months. There\u2019s a blame game revolving around Alexander\u2019s injuries, and the Packers didn\u2019t want to pay full price for Alexander after missing 20 games over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n
If Landis\u2019 claim that Jaire\u2019s contract was to feature no guaranteed money, this probably means that the deal proposed to Alexander would have featured a base minimum salary with the rest of the money tied to per-game roster bonuses, essentially week-to-week team options that depended on whether the coaching staff wanted to move forward with Alexander, with the health of the former All-Pro cornerback also being a factor at play.<\/p>\n
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