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Big talker, big playmaker: Packers like both aspects of Jaire Alexander

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One of Jaire Alexander's go-to celebrations is the shush gesture -- the one where the index finger meets the lips.

He pulled that out and turned to the crowd at Clemson during a 2016 game when he picked off Deshaun Watson in the end zone.

Given his penchant for the trash talk, it's a paradoxical jab that might rub some people the wrong way.

Not the Green Bay Packers, who drafted the former Louisville standout at No. 18 overall in last week's draft even though the 5-foot-10 Alexander pushed the limits of the team's long-standing rule about drafting small cornerbacks.