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There’s still no love lost between NFC North division rivals Green Bay and Minnesota.
Despite a putrid start to the season, the Green Bay Packers are still alive in the NFC playoff race with two weeks to play. The Vikings, meanwhile, are trying to chase down the Philadelphia Eagles for the top seed in the conference.
So this Sunday’s divisional matchup between the two is sure to have plenty of juice as is. And Green Bay Pro Bowl cornerback Jaire Alexander just threw gasoline on the fire.
Jaire Alexander Calls Justin Jefferson’s Huge Day Against Him ‘A Fluke’
The two teams first met all the way back in Week 1 of the NFL season when the Vikings walked out of Lambeau Field with a 23-7 victory.
A big part of that victory was Vikings superstar wideout Justin Jefferson having one of the best games of his career. Jefferson hauled in nine catches for 184 yards and two touchdowns. He did so, largely, against Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander. Alexander is no slouch in his own right, having recently been named to his second Pro Bowl in his fifth season in the league.
Now the Packers’ corner is saying that Jefferson won’t be able to replicate the performance this time around.
“You’ve just got to be real: He don’t jump in no super suit and get dressed and jump outside, you hear me?” Alexander said Thursday. “I don’t either, sometimes. But he [is] human, is what I’m saying. We ain’t putting too much on nobody.
“He’s a really good receiver. But at the end of the day, I’m a really good corner. We’ve got really good corners. We’ve got really good linebackers, D-line, whatever it is. You don’t want to put too much focus on that one person because it’s like, the first game, that was a fluke.” – via ESPN
Alexander did go on to praise Jefferson. He called the LSU product one of the top three wideouts in the league next to former teammate Davante Adams and Miami’s Jaylen Waddle. But poking the bear before an all-important game seems a bit unnecessary and even more unwise.