Rumor Mill Brings Fourth Secondary Help

[medaille]

You can't pay a lot for him. You can't rely on him. If he's cheap, bring him in as a lottery ticket.

[StickierBuns]

You can't pay a lot for him.  You can't rely on him.  If he's cheap, bring him in as a lottery ticket.

Someone is going to pay him IMO, probably on a one year $12-$15 million prove it contract. If Alexander really has a hard on for Green Bay during their negotiation process, he can stick it to them by signing with Minnesota. And obviously only if the Vikings are interested. Some other contender may offer a 2 year deal. Maybe. But that would be foolish. Might be a hot market for him, plenty of teams have cap space. Buyer beware for sure.

[JimmyinSD]

Only made a full season twice in his 7 years ( once in the last 4 ) and failed to make double digit games 3 times in those 7 years.... unless he really wants to play on the cheap, I think its to risky a move unless whoever we end up cutting in the end is of a talent level that can be found in FA during the season. Certainly wouldnt risk losing a kid with potential to make room for him.

[StickierBuns]

Only made a full season twice in his 7 years ( once in the last 4 )  and failed to make double digit games 3 times in those 7 years....

This is why the Packers couldn't trade him and especially at his salary: he's unreliable. And GB really wanted some comp for him in a trade, I think they made a strategic mistake in that was their Plan B and the market was not there for him in a trade. And there was some bad blood on both sides as its frustrating for team management and coaches for the guy being injured so much, but they were still interested in negotiating a new deal with him. He told them to pound sand. He's going to play with a chip on his shoulder for his next team, how many games that ends up being is the problem.

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Sources: The #Packers and #Bills held trade talks this offseason centered around CB Jaire Alexander, but talks ultimately fell through and Buffalo moved on.

It’s unclear if the Bills will revisit things now that Alexander has been released — especially since they spent a first-round pick on Maxwell Hairston — but they were a team that had shown real interest.

Around The NFL

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Packers president Mark Murphy on Jaire Alexander release: "The reality is for the last four years for Jaire, it's about half of the games that he's been able to play. So, we kind of have been used to it."

[pattersaur]

Depends on the money. He can definitely help this team. We'd all feel better about the DB room any week that Alexander is able to play. That said, if I'm KAM I probably pass. McCarthy needs to prove it first, before I start considering these kinds of expensive, guaranteed, one-year vet deals.

[MaroonBells]

Maybe bigger news than whether we should sign Alexander or not is what this does to an already iffy Packers secondary. Right now, according to Ourlads, they have a couple of below average corners in Hobbs and Nixon competing with three 7th rounders. They can't go into the season like that.

[medaille]

Someone is going to pay him IMO, probably on a one year $12-$15 million prove it contract. If Alexander really has a hard on for Green Bay during their negotiation process, he can stick it to them by signing with Minnesota. And obviously only if the Vikings are interested. Some other contender may offer a 2 year deal. Maybe. But that would be foolish. Might be a hot market for him, plenty of teams have cap space. Buyer beware for sure.

12-15 would be too rich for me.  8 sounds right for me.  I’d throw in some bonuses depending on games played or if he made the pro bowl or something.  I don’t really think he’s on a prove-it deal right now.  I don’t think you can prove your worth against an injury history like he has.  I think he’s a guy that you are gambling on the injury bug just not biting this year.  Even if he plays all 17+ games, I doubt he’s going into 2026 offseason and getting a big bag.  Ideally, I don’t think he’s a guy that you are going to fill a roster hole with.  I think he’s a guy you throw in an already decent CB room, and it just sort fills in all the gaps that happens with injuries over a season and bumps your good room to great when he’s playing.

[JustInTime]

Someone is going to pay him IMO, probably on a one year $12-$15 million prove it contract. If Alexander really has a hard on for Green Bay during their negotiation process, he can stick it to them by signing with Minnesota. And obviously only if the Vikings are interested. Some other contender may offer a 2 year deal. Maybe. But that would be foolish. Might be a hot market for him, plenty of teams have cap space. Buyer beware for sure.

I think he’ll be hard pressed to get more than a third of that. Maybe he gets to your numbers via play time incentives. That’s a 4 year track record of being unavailable. But, we’ve seen stupider contracts handed out. 

That being said, I’d play up his payback factor and try to land him. God knows he’s way more likely to have some impact than Okudah. You wouldn’t have to rush Blackmon back whatsoever.

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[Still Hurtn]

I didn't realize how much he was injured. I would say pass (pun intended)

[JR44]

Only made a full season twice in his 7 years ( once in the last 4 )  and failed to make double digit games 3 times in those 7 years.... unless he really wants to play on the cheap,  I think its to risky a move unless whoever we end up cutting in the end is of a talent level that can be found in FA during the season.  Certainly wouldnt risk losing a kid with potential to make room for him.

I think this says it all about him, we have so many question marks at the position that we cannot afford to bring in another.  Also good point that he takes up a spot for someone with potential, imagine having to put someone like McGlothern on PS and he gets picked up by someone else.  Do not see them being interested.