Darius Slay released by Eagles: According to information received from people with knowledge of the matter and shared by NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapaport and Mike Garafolo, the Philadelphia Eagles are planning to let cornerback Darius Slay test the waters of the free agent market.
Darius Slay is released by the Eagles after 3 seasons
Garafolo mentioned that the Eagles would consider releasing Darius Slay after June 1 to be a post-June 1 release, which will result in the loss of $8.6 million in earnings for the Eagles this year but will save the organization $17.5 million in salary space in 2023. Garafolo also mentioned that the Eagles would consider releasing Darius Slay after June 1 to be a post-June 1 release. According to Garafolo, there will be a limit on the amount of “dead money” that is worth more than 13 million dollars in the year 2024. This limit will take effect.
On Wednesday, the professional athlete, who was 32 years old at the time, bid farewell to his hometown of Philadelphia for the last time.
The Philadelphia Eagles have reached an agreement with the cornerback who has been selected to the Pro Bowl five times to pay him an additional $50.05 million over the next three years of his contract. This agreement will go into effect when the trade that the Eagles are competing with the Detroit Lions is finally finalized in the year 2020.
Darius Slay was scheduled to enter the final year of his deal, during which he was projected to obtain a base salary of $17 million. However, the contract was not renewed, and Slay did not get the base salary. This year was going to mark the conclusion of his arrangement with the company. But, the transaction did not include any additional money that was promised to be paid to him at a later date. To reach an agreement on a prospective extension, the parties involved made a vast number of attempts; nevertheless, in the end, they were not successful.
At the tail end of the previous week, the Philadelphia 76ers gave Slay their blessing to discuss potential trades with other teams in the league. After realizing that no other club is interested in either trading for or paying the cornerback, the Eagles will ultimately decide to let him go in free agency and let the market determine his fate.
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Darius Slay played his whole career for the Philadelphia Eagles, where he amassed 166 tackles and seven interceptions, the latter of which enabled him to earn a spot in the Pro Bowl on two separate occasions. In addition to that, during two different seasons, he was selected to play on the All-Pro Team. As the new season of the league kicks off at four in the afternoon, Eastern Time, he is going to be one of the most in-demand cover men that are going to become available on the open market.
Today, the Philadelphia Eagles concluded that cornerback Darius Slay was not a good fit for their team. This comes as a direct result of the Tuesday decision made by the organization to re-sign CB James Bradberry.
The defending National Football Conference Champions will be without many players due to free agency, including Darius Slay, defensive tackle Javon Hargrave (49ers), linebacker T.J. Edwards (Bears), linebacker Kyzir White (Cardinals), and safety Marcus Epps (Raiders), among others. Bears, Cardinals, and Raiders have all made agreements with other clubs to trade players or draught picks. These deals will take place in the upcoming season. As of this moment, both the safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson and the defensive tackle Fletcher Cox are still considered to be free agents.
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