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Rob Demovsky
A method or one other, it seems that two-time All-Professional cornerback Jaire Alexander and the Green Bay Packers are headed for a cut up.
Common supervisor Brian Gutekunst was noncommittal about Alexander’s future when he spoke to reporters Tuesday on the NFL scouting mix in Indianapolis, however sources confirmed Wednesday that the group is keen to take heed to commerce affords.
NFL Community reported the Packers have already got had commerce conversations about Alexander.
“We have by no means actually allowed brokers to exit and speak to groups,” Gutekunst informed reporters on the mix. “I feel that is form of [one of the] ones that in all probability occurs anyway. And Jaire’s bought an amazing agent. If we ever went down that route, I feel it might be very simple to work with him and his group. I do not actually anticipate that, however we have by no means actually accomplished that.
“I feel it is one thing that if we have been going to commerce a participant, we’d try this and it might be the dialog between me and the opposite group.”
Alexander, 28, has performed in solely seven video games every of the previous two seasons due to numerous accidents and a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the group. He underwent knee surgery to restore a PCL harm late within the season and wouldn’t have been in a position to return even when the Packers had made the Tremendous Bowl, Gutekunst mentioned.
He’s anticipated to make a full restoration and be able to play this coming season.
The 2018 first-round decide has two years remaining on a four-year, $84 million contract that, on the time, made him the highest-paid cornerback within the NFL. Nevertheless, that deal comprises no extra assured cash. Any group that traded for him may additionally renegotiate the phrases that at the moment name for him to be paid $17.5 million in 2025 and $19.5 million in 2026.
The Packers would decide up $6.8 million in wage cap area in the event that they traded him early this offseason. They may decide up extra cap area in the event that they launched him with a post-June 1 designation.
There have been sturdy indications since late final season that Alexander’s time in Inexperienced Bay might be over. A number of group sources have privately expressed their frustration with Alexander’s incapability to remain wholesome and/or play by means of accidents.
Alexander declined to talk with reporters on the final day of media availability on the finish of the season, saying he had “nothing good to say” and that he didn’t know if he can be again with the group in 2025.
“We’ll see; we’re working by means of that,” Gutekunst mentioned Tuesday when requested if Alexander might be on the group this coming season. “He definitely might be, however I feel we’ll work by means of that as we go. We have to get him on the market now. I feel clearly we have talked about there’s been loads of frustration on his half. He needs to be on the market badly, and never having the ability to be on the market at his greatest has annoyed him, and that has annoyed our soccer group, too, as a result of we’re higher with him. However we’ll see.”
