Analyst sees best fit for Jaire Alexander somewhere other than Green Bay

The Packers have been noncommittal about going into the 2025 season with Jaire Alexander as their top cornerback, but the offseason is still young.

Heck, it's not even officially summer yet.

Noncommittal means he could come back, and it's worth noting that the Packers didn't do a ton to address the cornerback position this offseason. Sure, they signed Nate Hobbs, but he's likely a slot corner. Despite Kisean Nixon's assertions, he's not a top cornerback. He may want to be, but he's not. Green Bay also drafted Micah Robinson out of Tulane, but that was in the seventh round.

Those moves, or lack thereof, suggest that Alexander should be coming back in 2025, but he's also slated to make $16.1 million next season. That's a lot for a player who has only played in 14 games over the past two campaigns.

That's perhaps why ESPN analyst Matt Bowen is bringing up Alexander first on the list of players he can see moving this offseason, and he thinks the best fit for the former Louisville star is in Los Angeles, and not with the Rams.

No, Alexander would be a fit for the Chargers, according to Bowen.

"If Alexander is available in a trade, he would be seen as an upgrade in Jesse Minter's defensive system," Bowen wrote. "The Chargers are zone heavy, playing both single-high Cover 3 and split-safety schemes. Alexander has the play instincts and foot quickness to match routes, and his transition speed allows him to make plays on the ball."

The Chargers may like a player like Alexander, but again, he comes with his downsides. The biggest is his availability. His recent injury history is troubling, but go all the way back to 2021 and the fact of the matter is that he's missed 31 of the last 66 possible games he could play in.

That's a tough player to pay a premium for via trade, and Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst isn't gonna let him go for nothing, even if it saves Green Bay some serious cash.

"Obviously we’ve invested a lot into Jaire, and I want to make sure if he’s not going to be on our football team helping us win games that we get something back for that investment," Gutekunst had said in March, according to beat reporter Ryan Wood.

What would the Chargers give the Packers in exchange for Alexander? Gutekunst has not made many high-profile trades in the past because he is notoriously stingy, so it would be interesting to see if the two sides could come to terms.

That is, of course, if the Chargers call, and Gutekunst picks up regarding his former first round pick