Dec 24, 2023; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander (23) reacts in the fourth quarter at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

One of the biggest questions of the Green Bay Packers offseason, and likely their regular season, is going to be the production of their cornerbacks. After they lost in the Wild Card round to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles, two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander told reporters that he had nothing good to say about the organization and that he was not sure if he would return to the team in 2025.

These comments fueled months of trade rumors involving Alexander, though none of them came to fruition. They also led many Packers fans and analysts to believe/expect Green Bay to make the cornerback position a priority in free agency and the NFL Draft.

The Green Bay Packers Have a Very Different Cornerback Room in 2025

While Packers fans and the rest of the NFL waited to see how the Alexander situation played out, the team did little to address the position. While they signed Nate Hobbs in free agency and drafted Micah Robinson in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft, they allowed Eric Stokes, Corey Ballentine, and Robert Rochelle to all leave as free agents.

Mostly recently, though, the Packers announced that they had made the decision to release Alexander. While the decision was not entirely unexpected, many fans had begun to believe that, since so much time had passed, the two sides would work out a deal.

Of course, they did not. Green Bay said that they had offered Alexander a restructured contract, but that he had refused their offer. Not wanting to pay him $17.5 million next season, the decision was made for the two sides to part ways.

Jaire Alexander’s Father Has Strong Words for the Green Bay Packers

After news of Alexander’s release was made public, many podcasts and NFL analysts dove into the reported fact that the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback had refused to sign a restructured deal.

However, the former Packers star’s father took to social media to claim that those reports were not exactly accurate. It was not that Alexander was not willing to sign a restructured deal, it was simply that the restructure offer Green Bay made did not make sense for his son.

“There actually was a willingness, they just offered something that would have been foolish to take. The unwillingness was on them,” his father posted on X.

This, of course, is nothing new for Packers fans. The organization did something similar when they parted ways with Aaron Jones last offseason. The fact of the matter, though, is that it was clearly time for Green Bay and Alexander to part ways. There is no guarantee he will be able to stay healthy, and the last two seasons of his tenure were wrought with conflict between himself and the organization.

Hopefully this result ends up being best for both parties.