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In the five years since Slay has arrived for a third-round pick, though, the Eagles have had the top pass defense in two of those seasons. And now he plans to do the same for the Steelers.<\/div>\n
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It’s official. And it’s fascinating.<\/p>\n

Few cornerbacks in\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0history have walked in and had the impact that Darius Slay has put forth over the last five years with the team. … and even after having been released a few days ago, there was a thought he might come walking back though that Eagles locker room door.<\/p>\n

Instead, he’s staying in the state … but leaving the conference.<\/p>\n

Before arriving in a trade during the 2020 offseason,\u00a0the Eagles had been a historically struggling back-end with failed free agents, draft picks, and trades all crashing out after a couple of seasons.<\/p>\n

In the five years since Slay has arrived for a third-round pick, though, the Eagles have had the top pass defense in two of those seasons.<\/p>\n

Still, the Eagles cut the Pro Bowl cornerback last week in an expected financial move … and now they will see him play in a\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0uniform.<\/p>\n

Slay, 34, has talked about wanting to play at least one more year.<\/p>\n

He will do so now without holding any grudges against the Eagles, with whom he just won a\u00a0Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

“It is part of the business, and, nah, I’m not hurt about it,” Slay said of being cut. “I’m not sad about it because this is what I signed up for. I knew I gave that team everything I had, the organization everything I had. So, it’s always a possibility, though, of your boy coming back. It’s not always throw it in the back, but this time I’m just thankful enough that I could get ahead of free agency if I find me a good destination for myself.<\/p>\n

“Teams get younger. Teams want to save cap space because they pay younger guys for their future. And that’s why I said there are no hard feelings.”<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has plenty of players that can act as replacements for Slay at this point, including a draft pick in Kelee Ringo. So the Eagles’ plan here is understandable.<\/p>\n

But this amicable split created an opening for the Steelers – and they just stepped up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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