The Green Bay Packers started the week releasing cornerback Jaire Alexander. To finish it off, Jaire's father shared his perspective about the entire situation. On X, Earl Landis Alexander replied to some tweets about his son and explained that, according to his point of view, the Packers' offer was too low for his son to consider.
"I appreciate how you said that as it was spot on," Earl Alexander wrote in a tweet saying that no guarantees will make you expendable in the NFL. "The only thing that was slightly off is that there was an unwillingness to rework a contract. There actually was a willingness, they just offered something that would have been foolish to take. The unwillingness was on them."
The Athletic's Matt Schneidman reported, before Alexander's release, that the Packers had made an offer to readjust the cornerback's contract. After the release, Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer reported that the Packers offered an "a reduced, incentive-laden deal," that would have lop off the last year of Jair's contract, making him a free agent next offseason. However, Alexander wasn't happy with the structure of the offer.
In another reply, Jaire's father mentioned that the offer made by the Packers was too low.
"Nobody ever said that he wouldn't take a pay cut," Earl wrote. "He wasn't willing to play for damn near free is a better quote."
The exact numbers of the offer or how much Alexander wanted to keep playing in Green Bay haven't been reported so far.
The Packers had a similar situation with running back Aaron Jones a year ago. Jones was slated to make $12 million, and the Packers offered a pay cut to give him $4 million guaranteed, plus $2 million available via incentives. The running back declined the offer, was released, and signed with the Minnesota Vikings for $6 million guarantees, with an extra million via incentives. This year, Jones signed a new contract with the Vikings, a two-year, $20 million deal with $11.5 million guaranteed at signing.
Packers' perspective
Green Bay had a meeting with Alexander's representatives on Sunday night. Since the parties didn't reach an agreement, the Packers released the cornerback on Monday ahead of mandatory minicamp . Asked if the Packers could have just kept Jaire on a higher salary, general manager Brian Gutekunst expressed his thought process.
"We've done that the past few years and it hasn't really worked out for us," Gutekunst mentioned. "As we went through it, we looked at a lot of different angles, what might be right for the club, and this is kind of where we ended up. There's no bad blood. It's just one of those things where over the last couple years, it hasn't worked out exactly how we wanted it to through no fault of anybody. It's just injuries kind of took some games away from him."
Now, Jaire Alexander is looking for a new team. And the Packers are figuring out what the cornerback room will look like without the former All-Pro.
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