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The NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles have been capable of maintain their high two cornerbacks from the 2022 season — James Bradberry (three years, $38 million) and Darius Slay (three years, $42 million) — regardless of overtures from different NFL groups. Slay’s state of affairs turned so tenuous at one level that the Eagles allowed him to hunt a commerce. The five-time Pro Bowl cornerback revealed that in this timeframe, earlier than agreeing to a reworked cope with Philadelphia, he virtually joined a brand new group, the Baltimore Ravens.
“I used to be virtually — this shut — a Baltimore Raven,” Slay mentioned on his “Big Play Slay” podcast. “I used to be this shut. This shut. But I needed to be an Eagle, I stayed an Eagle, as a result of I do know me and Howie have been going to determine one thing out. But the Baltimore Ravens have been the primary group that referred to as, and so they supplied simply what I needed, and I simply mentioned, if the Eagles do this, I’m going to remain an Eagle. It was good.
“I virtually was a Raven.”
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However, common supervisor Howie Roseman and Slay have been capable of come collectively on deal that retains the Eagles proper within the thick of the NFC race of years to return. The former Detroit Lion got here to Philadelphia by way of commerce previous to the beginning of the 2020 season, and he has been named to the Pro Bowl in every of his final two seasons with the Eagles.
