You thought the Green Bay Packers' high-profile offseason secondary saga was over?! Nothing ever truly ends in the NFL – it just goes dormant until a new, flashy idea comes along. Time is a flat circle.
So while you were finally enjoying some peace and quiet after the Packers finally ("finally") closed the book on the leftover business they had with their All-Pro caliber star cornerback, you may have missed the start of a new saga, featuring ... an All-Pro caliber star cornerback.
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Right now, the Packers' secondary is, uh, unproven? Has room to grow?
There's plenty of potential up and down the depth chart, but right now the lack of a proven star is somewhere between obvious and glaring. But fortunately for them, there's still available help out there – help that could, in theory, play at a level close to Jaire Alexander. Stephon Gilmore, the last really intriguing free agent on the market, sounds like he still wants to play in 2025.
Stephon Gilmore could be the final missing piece of a sneaky good Packers secondary
"I wanna play this year. It's just gotta be the right situation," Gilmore said on The Money Down Podcast. "I'm not just going to sign anywhere, it gotta be the right situation. I still love the game. I still can contribute. It just gotta be the right place."
The Packers are the right place! The Packers are the right situation! And wouldn't it be fun to get some revenge on a Vikings team that apparently had no interest in bringing you back for another season? Sounds fun to me.
And it's not like Gilmore's play has fallen off significantly since he left New England – his Vikings stats aren't great, but he's been an above-average player (according to Pro Football Focus' grades) for three of the past four seasons.
He'll also cost far less than Alexander would, which was clearly an issue for Green Bay's front office. There are certainly worse ideas, like letting Alexander wal– [dragged off stage].