Not sure if we can believe this, but according to his father, Alexander would have re-signed with the Packers, of the Packers offered the same contract as the Ravens .
Per his father, the issue was that the Packers contract has the money tied up in roster bonuses, meaning that Alexander would have to actually stay healthy to get paid.
Where the Ravens contract has $4 million become guaranteed if he makes the week 1's 53 man roster.
To me, in other words, Alexander wasn't willing to bet on himself staying healthy, when Gute has been betting that the last four years and consistently losing on those bets.
Even if Alexander plays great, I can't fault Gute for this, as he supposedly offered Alexander as much or more money than he ended up signing for, and Alexander just wasn't willing to bet that he'd stay healthy when Gute has been doing that for years.
When a player is less willing to bet on themselves then a team, that's scary, and I'll admit, the Bakhtiari knee injury, and looking good in practice, and then not able to play has me scared, as that was seemingly the same thing happening to Alexander this last year... which was worse than previous years, which when he got healthy, he was clearly fully back.
Originally Posted by: beast