Latest update on former All-Pro shows the Packers made the right decision even with difficult circumstances

Yes, Alexander is still a good player and has shown that when available. The big problem is that he's not available frequently enough. The cornerback has missed practice time and, even though he's expected to be ready to play in Week 1, his knee issues aren't going away.

"[Jaire Alexander] had something, just kind of take care of that knee. You do some things to kind of help it from a health standpoint. It's something he's been dealing with for a few years now," Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said. "It's not anything we didn't expect, probably. Might have been something to help. You've got to take a couple days after you do that before you can practice."

A few weeks ago, Alexander had a knee swelling, which led to the decision to have fluid drained from it. The cornerback has missed 34 of the past 68 possible games he could have played. That's why, unlike in the past few years, the Packers decided to release him.

"We've done that the past few years, and it hasn't really worked out for us," Gutekunst explained after the decision. "As we went through it, we looked at a lot of different angles, what might be right for the club, and this is kind of where we ended up. There's no bad blood. It's just one of those things where over the last couple years, it hasn't worked out exactly how we wanted it to through no fault of anybody. It's just injuries kind of took some games away from him."

The Packers came close to trading Jaire Alexander to the Buffalo Bills, but the Bills didn't want to pay Jaire's full salary, and the player wasn't willing to take a paycut. That combination led Green Bay to cut him, which prompted Alexander to sign a one-year, $4 million deal with the Ravens.

It's not the ideal outcome for the Packers, but it's further proof that it was time to move on.