Ravens Trade Pro Bowl DB to Philadelphia
On November 1st, 2025, Adam Schefter broke the news via X of a rare Saturday evening trade, just days before the trade deadline. The Baltimore Ravens are sending CB Jaire Alexander and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round pick. This trade comes less than six months after the Ravens signed the former Green Bay Packer to a one-year deal worth less than five million dollars. The Ravens listed Alexander as a healthy scratch for the Week Eight Thursday Night Football win over the Miami Dolphins and sent him back to the NFC just days after.
Drafted 18th overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, Jaire Alexander was not a lights-out player for the Packers. Alexander only played four seasons in which he had more than 10 starts, recording at least one interception, 10 pass deflections, and 40 solo tackles in each of those seasons. The two-time Pro Bowler earned praise in Green Bay as he was great in coverage, earning the starting job in year two. After signing his four-year deal that would have kept him in Green Bay until 2026, Alexander notched a career-high five interceptions, earning his second Pro Bowl invite. Alexander was released in June 2025 due to failed contract negotiations, which were based on his injury history, allowing the Ravens to scoop him up and reunite two Louisville Cardinal teammates: Alexander and two-time MVP QB Lamar Jackson.
While in Baltimore, Alexander only appeared in the Week One collapse in Buffalo and the Week Five home blowout loss to the Texans, recording zero interceptions, zero pass breakups, and five total tackles. Reports showed that Alexander was still rehabbing his knee injury that ended his time in Green Bay and supposedly re-injured it in the Week One loss. Alexander was not on the injury report over the last few weeks, resulting in the former Packer being a healthy scratch five times in eight games. Being a healthy scratch on a one-year deal showed the Eagles that he was available, allowing Philadelphia to buy low days before the trade deadline.
The Eagles are getting a day three draft pick in addition to the former Pro Bowler, who could make an impact if he can get on the field. On the other hand, Baltimore gets a sixth-round draft pick in the upcoming draft while only losing a few million dollars for the cheap contract that was offered to Alexander in June. The Ravens recently acquired S Alohi Gilman from the Chargers in the Odafe Oweh trade. That would leave Kyle Hamilton, Marlon Humphrey, Nate Wiggins, and Malaki Starks to hold down the starting secondary with Gilman. Alexander was a failed project for the Ravens in a promising secondary filled with first-round picks. However, the front office made up for it by selling the CB before the deadline rather than letting Alexander walk in the offseason as a full-season failure.
