Darius Slay is not happy about the Detroit Lions trading away team captain Quandre Diggs. In fact, the Pro Bowl Lions cornerback is not even trying to hide his anger and disgust with the business side of playing in the NFL in general and in Detroit in particular.
In a candid, expletive-laden interview with reporters on Thursday, Slay fired off shot after shot at the only NFL team he’s ever played for.
He sounded like someone who wants out of Detroit. Take this answer when asked if he might be the next to be traded,
“Anybody can get traded, but I personally wouldn’t care, my personal feeling. Like I said, it’s a business. I wouldn’t care. It is what it is, go on about the next day.”
Is he worried about the possibility of being dealt?
“(Expletive) no,” Slay responded sharply. “That’s the last thing I’m worried about. I don’t give a damn, honestly. I don’t. So like I said, I just work. Doesn’t matter where I’m at. If I’m here, if I’m somewhere else. I just go to work.”
When asked about the Lions secondary after dealing Diggs, the team’s starting safety and emotional leader of the defense, Slay once again did not hold back his contempt for the situation.
“(Expletive), I don’t know. I mean, everybody in here probably got a job to do and they got to do it. Gotta keep pushing, keep it going. Like I said, we need to win. I don’t know what else there is to it.”
Slay stayed away from the team this summer while seeking a new contract. He is in the penultimate season of a 4-year, $48 million extension he signed just before the 2016 season. The Lions refused to do anything with the contract.
It sure sounds like he isn’t all that interested in signing for a longer stint with the Lions anymore. Slay had this to say about his relationship with GM Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia,
“I ain’t talking to neither one of them about that. That’s they problem. I’m working. That’s all I do. I work. It’s not no kind of relationship or nothing like that. Just I’m here. I work here. It’s my job. I got to do my job.”
