{"id":47322,"date":"2025-05-11T01:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T01:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47322"},"modified":"2025-05-11T01:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T01:40:07","slug":"ravens-chiefs-could-be-fighting-for-same-trade-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47322","title":{"rendered":"Ravens, Chiefs Could Be Fighting For Same Trade Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387b5693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"387b5693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">The Green Bay Packers want to trade cornerback Jaire Alexander, and the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs could be potential suitors<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af68680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1af68680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-231368\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-768x524.jpg 768w\" alt=\"Jaire Alexander Trade\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1023\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c84d517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"5c84d517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Chances are, the Green Bay Packers will trade or release cornerback Jaire Alexander before the start of the 2025 regular season. Once considered to be among the game\u2019s elite playmakers at the position, the first-round pick has struggled to stay on the field over the past two seasons. Limited to just 14 games since the start of 2023, Alexander carries a staggering $24.6 million cap hit and has no guaranteed money remaining on his contract. While he\u2019s still a good player when healthy, he\u2019s not worth this massive paycheck.<\/p>\n<p>The Packers will probably dump Jaire Alexander for cap space, as they can save over $17 million if they trade him after June 1st. While it may be difficult to find suitors at such a high price,\u00a0Kristopher Knox of\u00a0<em>Bleacher Report<\/em>\u00a0believes the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens are the most likely potential fits.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231369\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231369\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-Fits-1024x684.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-Fits-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-Fits-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-Fits-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/Jaire-Alexander-Trade-Fits.jpg 1375w\" alt=\"Jaire Alexander Trade Fits\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander against the Miami Dolphins during their football game on Sunday, November 11, 2018, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.<br \/>\nWm. Glasheen\/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Chiefs, Ravens Could Trade For Packers Jaire Alexander<\/h2>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl last year, but suffered a blowout loss to the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles. While the mismatch in the trenches was at the heart of this one-sided affair, the reigning AFC champions must also improve their secondary. Former\u00a0first-round pick Trent McDuffie\u00a0is one of the game\u2019s premier players, and Jaylen Watson had a strong season when he was healthy. Two good cornerbacks are enough to get this team into the playoffs, but they might not be enough to hoist another Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24\">\n<div id=\"lwos_incontent_1\" align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x250\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186,22512265771\/lwos_incontent_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas City plays in arguably the NFL\u2019s hardest division with the Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos, and Las Vegas Raiders. If that wasn\u2019t enough, they also share a conference with\u00a0Josh Allen\u2019s Buffalo Bills, Lamar Jackson\u2019s Baltimore Ravens, and Joe Burrow\u2019s Cincinnati Bengals. These elite passing attacks have the potential to put up 40 points on any given Sunday, and a trade for Jaire Alexander could help slow these offenses in a high-leverage situation.<\/p>\n<h3>More Reinforcements In Baltimore<\/h3>\n<p>Nobody believes in the power of a deep secondary more than the Baltimore Ravens. Marlon Humphrey finished the 2024 season with an impressive 79.0 PFF grade, the seventh-best mark in the league, while\u00a0first-round pick Nate Wiggins\u00a0appears to be a featured part of this organization moving forward. However, much like the Chiefs, this team could use a third option to increase its odds of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens have been one of the best teams in football since Lamar Jackson took over midway through the 2018 season, but they have yet to make a Super Bowl since the\u00a0Joe Flacco days. After coming mere yards away from the opportunity in 2023 and 2024, it\u2019s time for the organization to put all the chips in the middle for 2025. If he stays healthy, a Jaire Alexander trade would give the Baltimore Ravens the deepest secondary in football. When paired with a loaded front seven and an elite offense, this team should have all the pieces it needs to finally return to the game\u2019s biggest stage in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Bay Packers want to trade cornerback Jaire Alexander, and the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs could be potential suitors Chances are, the Green Bay&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ravens, Chiefs Could Be Fighting For Same Trade Target - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47322\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ravens, Chiefs Could Be Fighting For Same Trade Target - 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