Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst said his team could afford to keep Jaire Alexander but gave no firm indication of whether or not the Packers will end up retaining the injury-plagued cornerback on the roster for the 2025 season.
Alexander, who turns 28 next month, missed 10 regular season games during each of the last two seasons, including the final seven games of the 2024 season after he injured his knee in late October. Aging, expensive and oft-injured players always have uncertain futures when it comes to salary-capped professional football.
In his season-ending press conference on Thursday, Gutekunst said the Packers are still gathering information on how they want to proceed in 2025 but expressed a mix of sympathy and frustration on how injuries have wrecked Alexander’s last two seasons.