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While you most of you were sleeping last night, the Philadelphia Eagles finalized a trade for Lions cornerback Darius Slay. This came on the back of an oddly quiet opening day of free agency that saw just about every top cornerback remaining sign with a new team. Howie Roseman reacted in a way only Howie knew how – working the phones.
Here’s everything you need to know:
The compensation
A third-rounder and a fifth-rounder is a fairly significant amount of ammunition. We speculated on last night’s live stream that a mid-round pick may be enough to get it done given the signing of Desmond Trufant.