There was bad news and good news across the NFL on Monday morning

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Kyle Crabbs recaps the Green Bay Packers releasing former All-Pro cornerback Jaire Alexander as well as the Houston Texans signing Cleveland Browns former Pro-Bowl running back Nick Chubb!

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00:00The majority of the NFL is in mandatory minicamp this week, and as such, deadlines spur action.

00:06Nick Chubb in with the Houston Texans, Jai Alexander out with the Green Bay Packers.

00:14I'm Kyle Krabs with AtoZ Sports, and the Packers' long off-season saga with cornerback Jai Alexander

00:21has come to an anticlimactic close. The will-they-won't-they between Alexander and the Packers

00:26has swung every which way, including looking at a trade being the most likely outcome,

00:32and then after the Packers did not draft a corner before the seventh round of this year's NFL draft,

00:37it seemed as though maybe Alexander and the Packers would be able to smooth things over

00:41and make things work for 2025. That is not the case, as the almighty dollar proved to be

00:48too big of a pull for either side to cave on. NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported that the Bills

00:53and Packers had trade discussions centered around Alexander earlier this off-season,

00:58but that the dollar was the sticking point where Alexander didn't want to take a pay cut,

01:02the Bills didn't want to take on the full $17 million in salary, and the Packers didn't want

01:07to give up any concessions and pay salary that wasn't guaranteed to get him off the books. As a

01:13result, that trade does not happen. Then after the draft passed, the Packers made a one-year contract

01:19adjustment offer to Alexander, who has been marred with injuries during his last four seasons of

01:24play, and Alexander balked at the idea of playing on an incentive-heavy contract. So he is on the

01:31outs and joins a uniquely full cornerback market for the second week in June that includes names like

01:37Stephon Gilmore and Asante Samuel Jr. and Mike Hilton and Rasul Douglas. Alexander becomes an intriguing

01:44name added to that pool of players, plus the Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who is available

01:50via trade in a seemingly untenable situation. He's almost certainly going to be on the move as well.

01:58But it isn't just bad news for veteran players and former pro bowlers across the league.

02:02Nick Chubb, after spending the entirety of his career in Cleveland, has found a new home with an AFC

02:09contender. He is joining the Houston Texans on a one-year contract, which is an interesting move

02:15for the Texans, considering this team traded up to draft Woody Marks on the third day of the 2025 NFL

02:21draft, and they also have Joe Mixon in the mix as well. Chubb, of course, coming back from a severe

02:29injury to his knee, did not look the same in 2024, but he was also running behind a Browns offensive line

02:36that had some aging players and some durability issues and playing with a bunch of quarterbacks

02:41that frankly couldn't properly balance the Browns offense. Chubb will have as good of an opportunity

02:47with C.J. Stroud as his new quarterback to get back to some of his old form, but workload and

02:54opportunity is a big mystery. And the Texans have also remade their entire offensive line this

03:00offseason as well. That was highlighted, of course, by trading Laramie Tunsell to the Washington

03:05commander. So as one story ends, another begins for two former pro bowlers across the league.

03:11And now we sit and wait to find out who's next.

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