New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton has taken a pay cut, per a report from Tom Rock of Newsday.
The pay cut will reduce Slayton’s salary from (approximately) $2.598 million down to the league-minimum of $956 thousand. That would result in a salary cap sap savings of roughly $1.64 million for the cash-strapped Giants. Rock further reports that Slayton will remain with the team and be on the practice field Wednesday after an excused absence on Tuesday.
It was long assumed that the Giants would trade Slayton before today’s (Wedensday, September 7th) deadline to be under the salary cap.