Detroit Lions fans have been screaming it for years. Cornerback Darius Slay is one of the most overlooked, underappreciated cornerbacks in the league. Only now is the league finally starting to notice. Slay, despite not being in the top-10 in fan voting, made his second consecutive Pro Bowl in 2018, but analysts and fans still don’t tend to give him the credit he deserves.
Don’t count Pro Football Focus amongst that group, however. PFF recently named their All-Underrated Team, and Slay made it as their cornerback.
“When you’re debating the top 10 cornerbacks, Slay’s name rarely gets mentioned in that breath, even though he should be,” PFF’s Mike Renner said.