It’s a very weird time in the NFL calendar, and it just got a whole lot more bizarre with the news that the Green Bay Packers are releasing All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander. While the two sides have been butting heads in recent months, it’s stunning the team couldn’t find a trade partner — even to get some modest return.
Alexander was set to have a salary cap hit of $24.6M this season as part of the contract extension he signed in 2022, but considering this was a post-June 1 release he will now only count as $7.5M, freeing up roughly $17M in cap space. This could allow Green Bay
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