Jaire Alexander gives Packers one final slap in the face on the way out

Well today got nice and awkward, huh?

It started as just a little Adam Schefter push notification: Jaire Alexander signed with the Baltimore Ravens. OK, fine. He was always going to sign somewhere, and I can't find a single person on the internet who's surprised that he signed a one-year, prove-it deal with a championship contender. Honestly, we should have known it was going to be the Ravens this whole time.

But then things got weird. A few minutes after the original deal was reported, details about the financials started appearing. And while he was never going to get the type of per-year money that he was supposed to make in Green Bay this year, the number the Ravens got him for was ... surprising.

Jaire Alexander's deal with the Ravens proves how bad he wanted out of Green Bay

Schefter reports that it's a one-year deal worth $4 million. With incentives, it can increase to $6 million.

That is quite a different number than the $17ish million he was *supposedly* refusing to negotiate off of while with the Packers. It seems like, had the Packers given him the opportunity to play at somewhere close to that number, he may have taken it, right? That seems logical? You're absolutely right! It's extremely logical. And if you don't believe me, take it from [checks notes] Jaire Alexander's own father.

So, yeah, like I said: nice and awkward. I guess no one should actually be all that surprised – for most of the offseason, Alexander and the Packers made it perfectly clear that they had broken up. Then, for like two weeks there, it seemed like maybe they had gotten back together.

But no, they're super broken up. And now Alexander's made a point to prove to the Packers that it wasn't him, it was them. He's out here signing with championship contenders while the Packers are trying to see if they can replace him with a wide receiver – right now, the breakup winner feels very obvious.

So this offically ends the Jaire Alexander chapter in Green Bay. If it's anything like the Aaron Rodgers chapter, I'm sure we'll stop talking about Alexander completely and forget about him before Week 1.