What a difference a trade makes. The deafening silence of a Philadelphia Eagles team that wasn’t doing too much in the earlier stages of free agency has been replaced by an audible sigh of relief by the fan base and media. After missing out on the top two cornerbacks available in a free-agency pool full of fish, Philly’s brass orchestrated a trade of enormous proportions when they gave up a third-round and a fifth-round draft selection to acquire Darius Slay.
Then, they sweetened the pot with one of the game’s best by extending his current deal by three years and giving him $50 million in good old American cash.