Jaire Alexander is one of those players that defensive coordinators love. He has a high football IQ, he never stops and he obviously loves the game.
In short, he’s a football player.
The Packers pick at 12 and 30 and with those two picks, they can make their defense very dynamic — while also impressing the heck out of second-year defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.
From 2005-2017, the Packers didn’t value the middle linebacker position. The best middle linebacker that former general manager Ted Thompson drafted in that span was A.J. Hawk and he only had five solid seasons during his nine-year campaign in Green Bay.