"I was Almost a Different Bird," says Darius Slay

From Slay’s podcast:

#Eagles All-Pro cornerback Darius Slay says the Baltimore #Ravens were the first team to call him and gave him the perfect offer:

“This close, a Baltimore Raven, I was this close, this close. But, you know I wanted to be an Eagle, I stayed an Eagle“
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— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) April 2, 2023

Dennard Wilson is coaching the DBs down in Baltimore, so it would have made sense for Slay to go there for that reason, among others. There was a thought that CJGJ might be a Ravens candidate following the departure of Chuck Clark, but he went to Detroit instead.

Interesting though. These player podcasts give us a lot more insight these days. Slay was almost a different bird, a medium-sized bird from the Corvidae family. Ca-caw! Ca-caw! Instead, he remains an Eagle.