Hmmm..
Jaire reached out to Nate Hobbs to congratulate him after he signed with the #Packers...
— Eli Berkovits (@BookOfEli_NFL) March 13, 2025
I've been 100% operating as if Jaire wont be back next year.
But what if he is?
Jaire + Hobbs + Nixon + X + Bullard/Willaims
Idk just a thought 🤷♂️ https://t.co/YCfxINwLGB
Interesting....Can never have enough CB's
@Boris posted:Interesting....Can never have enough CB's
Especially if they are good.
Maybe Jaire wanted a CB who was better than who GB has put on the field to take some pressure off of him and/or bring more action his way. While Jaire is the best CB when he's on the field, QBs know they don't have to throw to his guy when they can easily pick up yards going to someone else. Maybe Jaire just likes challenges. Who knows?
@Fandame posted:Maybe Jaire wanted a CB who was better than who GB has put on the field to take some pressure off of him and/or bring more action his way. While Jaire is the best CB when he's on the field, QBs know they don't have to throw to his guy when they can easily pick up yards going to someone else. Maybe Jaire just likes challenges. Who knows?
I'm not sure how true this still is. His rating (QB efficiency vs) is "not good" over the last two years of play. Could have been related to the injuries but still not a good sign for a CB fast approaching 30.
Injuries and I think he might have lost motivation. I certainly hope he's also grown up a bit over the past two years.
@Fandame posted:Maybe Jaire wanted a CB who was better than who GB has put on the field to take some pressure off of him and/or bring more action his way. While Jaire is the best CB when he's on the field, QBs know they don't have to throw to his guy when they can easily pick up yards going to someone else. Maybe Jaire just likes challenges. Who knows?
There have been opinions that JA was upset losing Rasul and when he didn't see a move last year to improve CB it was easy for him to be injured for the year.
If Alexander stepped on the field today he’s clearly their best pure cover guy. Sure, he’s not a great or willing tackler and ball skills aren’t ideal but in terms of lining up and pass defending he’s still very effective.
@Tschmack posted:If Alexander stepped on the field today he’s clearly their best pure cover guy. Sure, he’s not a great or willing tackler and ball skills aren’t ideal but in terms of lining up and pass defending he’s still very effective.
Agree with this. I would like to see him stay. And I would like to see a lot less of Nixon out there.
Jaire is a loon...but you just have to know how to manage it. Lots of loons in the NFL. As long as they don't have a substance abuse problem, you can work with any of them.
In spite of the fanboy media assertions to the contrary, I always felt like keeping Jaire was the best option. Hope it happens. He's really good when on the field.
I glanced at an article a while back that had the premise of keeping JA, instead of moving on from him, as being the better surprise move to make. I agreed. Give it one more year with him and Hobbs. Unless there's a Calvin available. Then dump JA.
I'm hoping he stays and plays. The past is the past or prologue or history or something. Who cares? It's in the past.
This sounds like something Gutey would say "ridiculous"😃
Teams are willing to pay Trey Hendrickson the contract that he desires but have found Cincinnati’s current asking price to be “ridiculous,” as one GM told me.
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) March 13, 2025
The Bengals can adjust as the offseason progresses, but right now, teams aren’t willing to meet their terms. pic.twitter.com/xzaIllagVz
I'd bet it was either Gutey, a divisional opponent, or a GM from another sport as she doesn't specify.
@Tschmack posted:If Alexander stepped on the field today he’s clearly their best pure cover guy. Sure, he’s not a great or willing tackler and ball skills aren’t ideal but in terms of lining up and pass defending he’s still very effective.
Agreed, except Jaire’s on field performance has never been the problem. The problem is he’s never on the field.
The Packers (as of yet) don’t have a backup plan for Jaire so they might as well try to keep him. Gute needs to have a backup plan even if they do keep Jaire though. Don’t go into to next season thinking he’s going to play every game because his history says he won’t.
@Shadow posted:I glanced at an article a while back that had the premise of keeping JA, instead of moving on from him, as being the better surprise move to make. I agreed. Give it one more year with him and Hobbs. Unless there's a Calvin available. Then dump JA.
They'd reject the NFL's rules and substitute their own.
Should someone inform Gute that free agency is going on right now?
Gutey seems to do well when he does FA...gotta believe if he's not making moves it's either because there are none he likes, or none he's willing to pay the market value for.
Cooper Kupp does nothing for me...not really sweating that one.
I don't care who they get at receiver.....just CTFB please!!
Eric Wilson signs with the Queens, where his NFL career began. I guess the McDuffie re-signing showed where their priorities were.
I liked Wilson. Made some plays on d and was a good ST contributor .
Ballentine signs with the Colts.
YA, try and keep up
@DurangoDoug posted:Ballentine signs with the Colts.
So we’re probably still looking at two more CBs on draft weekend.
@Chongo posted:Gutey seems to do well when he does FA...gotta believe if he's not making moves it's either because there are none he likes, or none he's willing to pay the market value for.
Weak FA class. Wilde this morning noted Gutekunst essentially said this at the combine.
The big names were almost all in the trade discussions, and many stayed put.
@Herschel posted:So we’re probably still looking at two more CBs on draft weekend.
Rinse, repeat.
As long as their last names are not Clinton-Dix, Rollins, Randall, Jackson or King I'm OK with it.
