According to Landis Alexander, the Packers didn’t want to guarantee Jaire Alexander any money in 2025
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.
According to the elder Alexander, the cornerback was “very willing to restructure” 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 “would have been foolish to take,” and that Alexander “wasn’t willing to play for damn near free.”
Regarding Alexander’s 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’ medical staff misdiagnosed the cornerback’s 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’s regular season finale.
While we don’t 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’s a blame game revolving around Alexander’s injuries, and the Packers didn’t want to pay full price for Alexander after missing 20 games over the last two seasons.
If Landis’ claim that Jaire’s 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.