On Saturday, ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, who covers the Green Bay Packers for the worldwide leader in sports, dropped a piece on the Packers’ potential 2025 free agency strategy that included a few notable nuggets.

Most important is how Green Bay feels about cornerback Jaire Alexander, the biggest contract decision that the franchise has to make this offseason.

At the moment, Alexander is due $17.5 million in cash for his 2025 season. Based on the fact that Alexander has played seven or fewer games in three of his last four seasons, it’s unlikely that he’s going to be retained on that number.

With that being said, he did make the Pro Bowl and All-Pro in his last two seasons in which he played more than a half-season, so you’d think there’d be a number that would make sense for both sides to stick it out another year, considering Alexander’s dead cap of $19.1 million.

Here’s what Demovsky had to say about Alexander’s relationship with the team:

There are strong indications that Alexander’s time with the Packers will end without him playing another down.

Multiple team sources have privately expressed their frustration with Alexander’s inability to stay healthy and/or play through injuries.

Remember, cornerback Keisean Nixon made headlines on locker clearout day, stating that he can no longer return kicks for the club if he wants to be the top cornerback on the team.

That same day, Alexander refused to talk to the press, only stating that he had nothing good to say about his situation and that he might not even be on the roster next year. Maybe those two knew exactly how the team felt about their cornerback room when those statements were made.

A release of Alexander would only save the Packers less than $6 million in 2025, because of Alexander’s large dead cap number.

Based on a recent list made by ESPN, a release of Alexander would rank near the top 20 most costly releases — from a cap perspective — in NFL history.

The Packers have the option to post-June 1st release Alexander, which would give them more cap space in the summer and fall of 2025 but would cost the team that space in 2026.

Considering that the cap space would only be given to Green Bay after the first several waves of free agency, it would probably be smart for them to just take their medicine in 2025 and get the dead cap accounting completely off their books for the 2026 season.