{"id":822068,"date":"2026-03-19T23:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/822068\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T23:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:33:25","slug":"former-all-pro-addresses-backlash-after-steelers-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/822068\/","title":{"rendered":"Former All-Pro Addresses Backlash After Steelers Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10-16-2025-Steelers-v-Bengals-4371-scaled-e1761858706250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers CB Darius Slay\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Darius Slay in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 16, 2025. &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Darius Slay didn\u2019t pan out with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The veteran cornerback only lasted until December in the Steel City, then decided earlier this week that the one-year, $10 million deal he signed with the team last offseason would be it for him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/darius-slay\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Slay<\/a> joined Jim Rome\u2019s radio show on Thursday and spoke about why he didn\u2019t report to the Buffalo Bills after being claimed off waivers from the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of love and respect for that organization over there,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimrome\/status\/2034729874636890452?s=20\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Slay said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s just the fact that, where (I was) at in my career, I was more like, \u2018Hey, if I wasn\u2019t going to Philly, I wasn\u2019t probably going nowhere else.\u2019 I didn\u2019t wanna pack up and move. \u2026 I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for Josh Allen. I think he\u2019s one of the best quarterbacks in this league, and I do believe they had a great shot at being a championship contender. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just more about me. I didn\u2019t feel like moving. I didn\u2019t feel like packing up. I just really wanted either to go to Philly or go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/12-15-2024-Steelers-v-Eagles-15220-scaled-e1734819266806.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers Philadelphia Eagles CB Darius Slay\" class=\"wp-image-97304\"  \/>Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Dec. 16, 2024. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now <\/p>\n<p>Rome asked Slay if he\u2019d lace his cleats back up if the Eagles were to call him up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not too many people (who are) gonna get me out of retirement,\u201d Slay said. \u201cI\u2019m not pulling a BG (Brandon Graham). \u2026 I love Philly. I\u2019m gonna come to a lot of games, though, but nah, I\u2019m not coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slay was a first-team Associated Press All-Pro with the Detroit Lions in 2017. He spent the first seven seasons of his career in the Motor City before joining the Eagles, with whom he won Super Bowl LIX.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/buffalo-bills\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/darius-slay\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Darius Slay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Darius Slay in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 16, 2025.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[53,9313,7,6,520,57,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-822068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","7":"tag-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-darius-slay","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116258461668077211","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}