Packers' Unheralded Rookie Surging Up Depth Chart, Pushing for First-Team Reps 1 Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley gives instruction during a drill with defensive backs on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at Ray Nitschke Field in Ashwaubenon, Wis.

Packers’ Long-Term Jaire Alexander Replacement Revealed

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Aug 11, 2025 1:20 PM ET

The Packers have been trying just about everything to replace Jaire Alexander.

After releasing the former All-Pro cornerback back in June, the Packers have moved wide receiver Bo Melton to cornerback, brought back free agent Corey Ballentine, and are hoping to find the right combination of defensive backs to elevate the secondary in coordinator Jeff Hafley’s defense before the regular season kicks off next month.

Packers’ Top 2025 Free Agent Target Could Solve Cornerback Woes

There is an entire season’s worth of football to be played, and it is entirely possible that one of the young cornerbacks on the Packers’ roster emerges as a lockdown defensive back this season.

However, looking ahead to next March and free agency, Bleacher Report NFL analyst Alex Ballentine suggests Cincinnati Bengals veteran cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt could be the Packers’ top free agent priority.

“Thus far, Green Bay is going to be relying on its development of players,” Ballentine writes of the Packers’ cornerback situation for B/R. “Such as Keisean Nixon and free-agent acquisition Nate Hobbs on the outside.

“Cam Taylor-Britt hasn’t been perfect in his time with the Bengals, but he finally put together a healthy season. That will be huge as he played all 17 games last year and picked off three passes. He could be the long-term third corner along with Nixon and Javon Bullard.”

Taylor-Britt isn’t afraid to play with physicality, has strong ball-skills and could be the veteran presence the Packers desperately need at cornerback, a position of outsized value in Hafley’s system.

Packers Blockbuster Trade Proposal Adds Star Cornerback to Replace Jaire Alexander 7 Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley talks with fans before their game against the Houston Texans Sunday, October 20, 2024 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

This article first appeared on WI Sports Heroics and was syndicated with permission.

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