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Philadelphia Eagles veteran cornerback Darius Slay<\/a> wants to continue to play in the National Football League in 2025. <\/p>\n The talented 34-year-old defensive back<\/a> is entering the final season of a three-year, $42 million contract signed in 2023. <\/p>\n In 2025, Slay is set to earn a base salary of $1,255,000 and a signing bonus of $14,595,000, if the Eagles decide to keep him on the roster. <\/p>\n Appearing on the St. Brown Bros. podcast<\/a>, the Eagles defender expressed an understanding of the business side of the game, which could spell the end of his tenure in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n The City of Detroit is still considered a second home for Slay<\/a>, and was a place where several young players who are now in the league attended camps and workouts. <\/p>\n \u201cOh I love Detroit<\/a>, that\u2019s my second home. I do a lot for the City still, to this day. A lot of guys that\u2019s from Detroit that\u2019s in the league (were) all hanging with me when they were high school kids,” Slay said. “That\u2019s what\u2019s the crazy part. <\/p>\n “Avonte Maddox, he trained with me when he was in high school. Sauce Gardner, your boy that you don\u2019t like — Jourdan Lewis. Donovan Peoples-Jones, he was with me,” Slay continued. “A lot of the guys that I was in Detroit with while they were coming up, I used to have little (workouts), \u2018Hey, meet me at this field.\u2019 Lot of guys showed up, and a lot of those guys moved up, so I\u2019ve got a lot of love. I went to all the games, I went to all the high school basketball games.\u201d<\/p>\n “For sure the two spots I would love to always be at is Philly or Detroit.”<\/p>\n Eagles CB Darius Slay makes it clear he still wants to play at least one more year and, if it isn’t with the Eagles, he isn’t ruling out a return to Detroit. pic.twitter.com\/k3GtTtqCOH<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 St. Brown Podcast (@StBrownPodcast) February 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n While Slay would like to return to the organization that has turned into a regular Super Bowl contender, returning to Detroit <\/a>would still be appealing. <\/p>\n After finishing his collegiate career at Mississippi State, the Lions drafted Slay in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. <\/p>\n Following the conclusion of the 2019 NFL season, Slay was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles during the offseason in exchange for a third-round and fifth-round pick in the 2020 NFL draft.<\/p>\n If he parts ways with the team he was traded to in 2020, he would very much welcome playing in Detroit<\/a> again. <\/p>\n \u201cIf it is, it is. If it ain\u2019t, it ain\u2019t,” said Slay. “But for sure the two spots I would always love to be at are Philly and Detroit. The main two, the main ones I\u2019d love to be at.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n