{"id":535935,"date":"2026-03-12T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535935\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:02:17","slug":"sources-alexander-ravens-paid-back-eagles-after-cb-didnt-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/535935\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Alexander, Ravens paid back Eagles after CB didn’t play"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Adam SchefterMar 13, 2026, 02:33 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a> ESPN NFL Insider
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\n Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

After cornerback Jaire Alexander<\/a> never played for the Eagles<\/a> following a November trade, Philadelphia has been paid back $889,000 and received a salary cap credit, league sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n

Alexander had been acquired from the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> along with a 2027 seventh-round pick in exchange for a 2026 sixth-round selection prior to last season’s NFL trade deadline.<\/p>\n

A week later, Alexander decided to step away from football to focus on his physical and mental health amid his ongoing recovery from offseason knee surgery, a league source confirmed to ESPN at the time. The Eagles subsequently placed Alexander on the reserve\/retired list.<\/p>\n

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Because of that, the Eagles received $500,000 from the Ravens and $389,000 from Alexander to cover part of his signing bonus and one week’s salary, sources said. The Eagles also received a salary cap credit even though the amount had not counted against their cap when the trade was made, sources said.<\/p>\n

Alexander, a two-time Pro Bowler, underwent right knee surgery in January 2025, and he appeared in just two games for the Ravens after signing a one-year deal with them last offseason.<\/p>\n

An All-Pro in 2020 and 2022, Alexander played the first seven seasons of his career for the Green Bay Packers<\/a> before they released him last June.<\/p>\n

Information from ESPN’s Tim McManus was used in this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam SchefterMar 13, 2026, 02:33 AM Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-535935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}