GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers made a $35.3 million investment this offseason in Jaire Alexander and Rasul Douglas. You might not know it by how they utilized the two cornerbacks in Sunday’s season-opening 23-7 loss at the Minnesota Vikings.
Alexander, with his $30 million signing bonus in the bank as part of his massive contract extension in May, mostly stayed on one side of the field -- often the opposite side from where Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson lined up -- or sat back in some of defensive coordinator Joe Barry’s zone calls.