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Eagle Eye: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

Reacting to the Eagles' moving on from Darius Slay

Eagle Eye: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

NBC Sports Philadelphia

Sports News, News, Eagles, Football, Nfl, 518680, Sports, Nfc East, Philadelphia Eagles

4.8927 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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0:00.0

We are less than a week away from the start of free agency.

0:19.6

Rube, the offseason does not slow down.

0:22.8

No, it doesn't.

0:23.7

The NFL is, they're uncanny and their ability to turn everything into an event

0:30.2

and make the season last all year.

0:32.5

So, you know, you get through free agency and the draft is there and then you get through that and

0:37.9

the schedule comes out. That's a big deal now, schedule day. And then you have OTAs and then there

0:44.2

might be a few quiet weeks and then next thing you know, you're in training camp. So it really is a

0:48.9

12-month season. Yeah. Oh, it's a lot of fun. This is the Eagle Eye podcast presented by Nissan. He's Ruben Frank. I'm Dave Zangaro. We do have a lot to talk about today. Some news since the last pod, Darius Slay informed of his release. Scott Leffler hired his quarterback's coach, a big trade in the NFC East. And then a little bit later in this episode, we'll get to a bunch of questions from you guys.

1:11.1

But let's start off with the big news came down on Monday.

1:14.6

The Eagles are releasing Darius Slay after five years with the team.

1:22.3

I'm going to miss that bit, honestly.

1:24.4

Five years with the team, three Pro Bowls, two Super Bowl appearances, one Lombardi

1:28.4

trophy. I think even an underrated player in his time here, what's your reaction to the news?

1:37.2

Where do you think it goes from here? Yeah, I mean, it's obviously it's not out of the blue. I mean, we knew he wasn't going to be here on that contract.

1:48.0

I still think there's a chance he might be here. He might see what's out there. The organization thinks the world of him.

1:55.3

I agree with you. He played really well. And, you know, I think there was a notion last year that he wasn't,

2:03.0

that he had lost something. And look, maybe he's not the player he was in his prime.

2:08.1

But I thought he was still really good. And I thought this year, he was terrific in so many ways.

2:13.6

And, you know, I spent some time down in New Orleans with, with Quignan and Cooper talking

2:20.6

about Slay and just the, the impact he had on their rookie seasons. And what a, what a generous

2:28.8

teammate he was, kind of showing them the ropes on the field, off the field, find, you know,

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