On Monday, a longtime nemesis of the Minnesota Vikings joined the free-agent pool after the Green Bay Packers made the decision to release Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander.
Despite a good portion of the Vikings fan base loving to hate Alexander during his tenure with the Packers, some are open to the idea of the veteran corner joining Minnesota's secondary before the start of the 2025 season.
This idea was only fueled further by CBS Sports' Jared Dubin on Monday when he listed the Vikings as a potential landing spot for Alexander. Dubin believes the former Green Bay cornerback would significantly improve the talent level of Minnesota's current secondary.
"Minnesota defensive coordinator Brian Flores loves to get creative with his pressures up front, and to do that, you need extremely reliable defensive backs.
The Vikings have been getting by with their versatile crew over the last two years, but Alexander would be an immediate upgrade on almost anybody in the secondary.
Pairing him with Byron Murphy, Harrison Smith, Josh Metellus, and more would make for a really interesting back end of the defense."
Should the Minnesota Vikings attempt to sign former Green Bay Packers CB Jaire Alexander?
This offseason, the Vikings' cornerback room has gone through a bit of a transformation. Minnesota did manage to re-sign Byron Murphy Jr., but they also decided to move on from Stephon Gilmore and Shaq Griffin and then sign a pair of unproven corners in Isaiah Rodgers and Jeff Okudah in free agency.
Third-year cornerback Mekhi Blackmon seems to be the forgotten member of the position group, but he's coming off a torn ACL, so there's just a lot of uncertainty surrounding how he's going to look in his first action since the end of the 2023 season.
Could the Vikings use someone like Alexander in their secondary? It certainly wouldn't hurt, since Murphy is really the only member of Minnesota's current cornerback room who has performed at a significantly high level in his NFL career.
There are two large questions the Vikings must answer first before attempting to sign Alexander, though. First, Minnesota needs to figure out if they can keep a guy who missed 34 of his previous 68 games healthier than his former team, and then, if they think they can, they need to see how much it will cost to land him.
The Vikings currently have a little more than $18 million in cap space. So, if Alexander is willing to sign for, let's say, $10 million or less to play next season, then it's possible that he could become the latest player to swap an ugly green and gold jersey for a beautiful purple and gold uniform.