The Eagles traded a sixth round pick to the Ravens to bring in veteran cornerback Jaire Alexander, and just a week later, he has reportedly informed the team that he is stepping away from the game.
Alexander didn’t travel with the team for their Monday night game against the Packers, and reports suggested it was to give him more time to acclimate to a new defense and to continue recovering from his last injury. It looks like the CB needs more time to get everything right mentally and physically and isn’t able to do that in Philly.
The whole reason he was brought in was to help a struggling CB2 position, but Adoree’ Jackson held up okay in Green Bay, and they have some options with Michael Carter joining the roster. The Eagles defense also added back some injured and some new rush edge rushers which should help the overall operation, too.
Hopefully Alexander is able to heal and figure out his best path forward.
