{"id":57615,"date":"2025-06-21T08:39:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57615"},"modified":"2025-06-21T08:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:39:33","slug":"jaire-alexanders-father-speaks-out-on-sons-new-deal-with-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57615","title":{"rendered":"Jaire Alexander\u2019s Father Speaks Out on Son\u2019s New Deal with Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170618355_0e9333.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170618355_0e9333.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170618355_0e9333.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2170618355_0e9333.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-img-load-time=\"776\" data-dom-ready-time=\"795\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Wagner Meier\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Former Green Bay Packers All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander is headed to the Baltimore Ravens on a one-year contract.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jaire Alexander\u00a0is off the market.<\/p>\n<p>The Pro Bowl cornerback signed with the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0on Wednesday. According to\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter, it is effectively a one-year, $4 million deal with up to $2 million in incentives.<\/p>\n<p>While much was made of how things ended with\u00a0Green Bay Packers, Alexander\u2019s camp is trying to set the record straight. On Wednesday, his father, Landis Alexander, spoke about the split on\u00a0ESPN Wisconsin radio, saying Alexander wanted to return but disagreed with the structure of Green Bay\u2019s offer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere needed to be a base, there needed to be some sort of a guarantee, whether it was $2 million or whatever,\u201d the elder Alexander said. \u201cBut there was no part of that that was guaranteed, and there was no signing bonus. There was a bunch of roster bonuses riddled through that contract.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alexander also scoffed at the notion that his son refused to take a pay cut of any kind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t upset or angry with anybody,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cHe wanted to come back. \u2026 He loved Green Bay, he loved the community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had three properties in Green Bay. We were there. I thought he was going to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Packers Tried to Trade Jaire Alexander<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0Athletic\u2019s Matt Schneidman\u00a0reported prior to Alexander\u2019s release that the Packers had offered to rework his contract. But Alexander, 28, who was due a base salary of $16.15 million next season, declined.<\/p>\n<p>Landis Alexander tried to clear the air on\u00a0X (formerly Twitter), saying the Packers\u2019 restructured offer would have been \u201cfoolish to take.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing,\u201d he said, \u201cthat was slightly off is that there was an unwillingness to rework a contract. \u2026 The unwillingness was on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer\u00a0previously reported that Green Bay offered Alexander a reduced one-year, incentive laden deal earlier this offseason that would\u2019ve kept him in Titletown through 2026. When their offer was rebuffed, they tried multiple times to trade him, including during the draft.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2022, after signing a four-year, $84 million contract extension, Alexander recorded a career-high five interceptions and was voted to the All-Pro team. But a multitude of injuries have limited him to just seven games in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomewhere, somebody had a meeting and decided that this is what he\u2019s worth to us because we\u2019ve given him so much and he\u2019s not playing very much,\u201d Landis Alexander told ESPN Wisconsin. \u201cAgain, I get that part. But I don\u2019t like the narrative of \u2026 we didn\u2019t want to take a pay cut. That\u2019s just ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_5\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Jaire Alexander Immediately Upgrades Ravens Secondary<\/h2>\n<p>The deal with Baltimore will reunite Alexander with his former Louisville teammate,\u00a0Lamar Jackson. The MVP quarterback had\u00a0urged Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta to sign him, saying after Tuesday\u2019s minicamp practice, \u201cGo get him, Eric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Alexander can stay healthy, Baltimore will have one of the best secondaries in the NFL. He joins a unit that features\u00a0Marlon Humphrey\u00a0and\u00a0Nate Wiggins\u00a0at cornerback and\u00a0Kyle Hamilton\u00a0at safety.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_6_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-6 adthrive-ad-cls\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_6\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ravens, who finished 31st in pass defense last season (244.1 yards allowed per game), also used a first-round pick on former Georgia safety\u00a0Malaki Starks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wagner Meier\/Getty Images Former Green Bay Packers All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander is headed to the Baltimore Ravens on a one-year contract. Jaire Alexander\u00a0is off the market. 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