{"id":373011,"date":"2025-11-12T03:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/373011\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T03:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T03:29:23","slug":"eagles-jaire-alexander-stepping-away-from-football-cb-to-determine-playing-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/373011\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles&#8217; Jaire Alexander stepping away from football; CB to determine playing future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia Eagles cornerback <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/jaire-alexander\/\" title=\"Jaire Alexander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaire Alexander<\/a> is stepping away from football to get right physically and mentally, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old CB will then decide on his playing future after the break, per Garafolo.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Sports&#8217; Jay Glazer first reported the news.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander was acquired by the Eagles on <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/ravens-trade-cb-jaire-alexander-to-eagles-for-2026-sixth-round-pick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nov. 1<\/a> in a trade with the Ravens that included a late-round pick swap.<\/p>\n<p>Before having a chance to suit up with his new team, the Eagles announced Alexander wouldn&#8217;t travel for their eventual Week 10 road win against the Green Bay Packers, listing him as out with knee\/coach&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p>It was in Green Bay where Alexander spent his first seven seasons, earning two Pro Bowl trips and making a name for himself as one of the league&#8217;s top cover men. All 12 of his career interceptions were with the Packers.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander signed a one-year deal with the Ravens following a fallout with Green Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Jaire Alexander is stepping away from football to get right physically and mentally, NFL Network&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":373012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43574,532,51,28930,50,530,86733,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-373011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-jaire-alexander","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-no-minute","14":"tag-sensitive-content","15":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115534611433133271","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}