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CB Darius Slay Planned To Sign With Ravens Until Eagles Security Convinced Him To Stay

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Talk about one heck of a headline. When a player makes his free agency decision, remaining with his current team or signing elsewhere, it’s usually for one of a couple reasons. Money talks, obviously. Sometimes culture and chance to win drives the choice. Or scheme fit and coaching staff. For CB Darius Slay, it was the Eagles’ head of security that prevented him from becoming a Baltimore Raven.

Eagles fans can thank “Big Dom” Dom DiSandro for Slay remaining with the team. As Slay revealed on a recent episode of the Pulp Phiction podcast, Slay had essentially agreed to a deal with the Ravens for DiSandro gave him a call that changed his mind.