Eagles’ Darius Slay says he was ‘this close’ to becoming a Raven before signing reworked deal with Philly

The NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles were able to keep their top two cornerbacks from the 2022 season — James Bradberry (three years, $38 million) and Darius Slay (three years, $42 million) — despite overtures from other NFL teams. Slay’s situation became so tenuous at one point that the Eagles allowed him to seek a trade. The five-time Pro Bowl cornerback revealed that during this timeframe, before agreeing to a reworked deal with Philadelphia, he almost joined a new team, the Baltimore Ravens.

“I was almost — this close — a Baltimore Raven,” Slay said on his “Big Play Slay” podcast. “I was this close. This close. But I wanted to be an Eagle, I stayed an Eagle, because I know me and Howie were going to figure something out. But the Baltimore Ravens were the first team that called, and they offered just what I wanted, and I just said, if the Eagles do that, I’m going to stay an Eagle. It was nice. “I almost was a Raven.”