Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur announced that Jaire Alexander likely won’t play again this season, but what happens after that?

The Packers may need to quickly rebuild at cornerback. Eric Stokes and Corey Ballentine are free agents this offseason, while it’s hard not to wonder if Alexander has already played his final snap for the team.

Alexander has missed 34 of the Packers’ 68 games over the last four seasons, exactly half. During that time, he has only played in more than seven games in a season once.

The question isn’t just whether the Packers will Move on from Alexander though How they can do it. His contract runs for three years.

What it would cost the Packers to move on from Jaire Alexander in 2025

Packers cap expert Ken Ingalls provided an excellent overview of what it would cost for the team to cut or trade Alexander in the offseason.

In 2025, a big cap hit cannot be avoided. Per Over The Cap, the current value is $25.4 million, which the Packers could reduce to $18.1 million with a move. Green Bay would see a modest savings of $7.3 million, but it’s the future impact that needs to be considered.

According to Ingalls, the Packers would create this spot by moving on from Alexander before June 1, 2025:

By releasing Alexander this coming offseason, the Packers would initially take a big dead cap hit but would save money in the future. That’s something they’ll have to weigh as they weigh their options.

Andy Herman from the Pack-A-Day Podcast I broke it down:

“Retaining Jaire in 2025 will cost Green Bay an additional $17.5 million overall. So the question you have to ask yourself is not whether you would keep him for $7.27 million, but whether you would sign him to a one-year, $17.5 million deal?” Hermann writes.

That sums it up perfectly. If the Packers move on, it’s not just about the immediate cap savings they would make in 2025, but also the impact it has on the cap beyond that. They would be taking his $27.4 million cap hit off the books for 2026, money that could go toward extending Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs or Zach Tom.

The downside is that the Packers would be losing an All-Pro cornerback. That’s hard. When healthy, Alexander is still an elite pass defender and would improve any defense. But the “when healthy” aspect is key. He struggled with multiple injuries and missed a lot of time.

Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst faces a difficult decision. We don’t know what path he will take, but we do know how this could impact the salary cap.

More Packers news and analysis