It’s been one of the NFL’s worst-kept secrets for the better part of a year that the Detroit Lions and star cornerback Darius Slay will go different ways.
Should the Washington Redskins swoop in and make a trade?
Slay is reportedly available and is a 29-year-old star who has a cap hit of $13.4 million this year. The big hurdle with a deal, besides compensation to get him to town, would be giving him a new contract.
But the Redskins aren’t terribly hurting for cap, especially after getting rid of Josh Norman’s big contract. The front office hasn’t been afraid to pay up or make splashes, either.
With Norman gone and Quinton Dunbar’s future with the team up in the air, things are notable worse than just a few weeks ago at the cornerback position.
At the least, it sure seems like something the Redskins should at least sniff around, provided Ron Rivera views Slay as a cultural fit and the brass project him to have a handful of elite years left.
Washington has stressed getting younger lately and Slay wouldn’t 100 percent fit that. But sometimes interesting opportunities worth exploring pop up and Slay seems to classify as one.
