{"id":30350,"date":"2025-03-04T01:57:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T01:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30350"},"modified":"2025-03-04T01:57:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T01:57:46","slug":"ravens-pressured-to-bring-back-eagles-6-time-pro-bowler-for-another-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=30350","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Pressured to Bring Back Eagles\u2019 6-Time Pro Bowler for Another Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0are releasing cornerback Darius Slay after he spent five years with the team. It&#8217;s a cost-cutting move &#8211; Philly will be saving $4.3 million in cap space &#8211; and it is one that will be designated as a post-June 1 cut.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all very emotional for Slay and his family right now. But in Baltimore? It should be all business.<\/p>\n<p>Slay said last offseason during an appearance on the\u00a0\u201cPulp Fiction\u201d\u00a0podcast that he nearly signed with the Ravens\u00a0but was urged to stay in Philadelphia thanks to a call Eagles security chief Dom &#8220;Big Dom&#8221; DiSandro.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-d46228f693ce44e88e124173c1d8bf33\" data-google-query-id=\"CJLHz4ul74sDFeTJFgUdTzolsQ\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/bb4ee522ef445d48ac59c293285e2e03.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Dom is the reason I came back to Philly,&#8221; Slay said.\u00a0&#8220;I almost was for sure a Baltimore Raven. I really committed to the Ravens and was gonna go. Then Dom called me and said, &#8216;Slay, I want you here.&#8217; And I&#8217;m like, &#8216;You know what, Dom? You calling me, I&#8217;m coming back.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It all worked out. Slay, at 35 a 6-time Pro Bowler, helped Philly win the\u00a0Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>During his five seasons with\u00a0the Eagles, Slay served as a cornerstone of the defense, recording nine interceptions, 56 pass breakups, and three fumble recoveries across 74 games. His veteran presence was crucial for Philadelphia&#8217;s secondary. &#8230; and he obviously could do the same for his next employer as well.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-b4304906a1924ba8857b94c430cdaaf5\" data-google-query-id=\"CInxsNGm74sDFeXdFgUdJqYPPw\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/bb4ee522ef445d48ac59c293285e2e03.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Once this all shakes out? He very well may re-up again with the Eagles. He has also spoken openly about finding his way back to Detroit, where he once played for the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>It seems pretty clear he wants to play one more year. And he has every reason to want to do that with a contender, a team that gives him one more crack at another Super Bowl ring.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles can obviously do that. So can the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>And if &#8220;Big Dom&#8221; doesn&#8217;t block the doorway again? 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