Ledyard Kelly Marino Crabbs. After making it clear he wanted out of Detroit, Darius Slay got his wish Thursday morning and was traded to the Eagles, Slay, 29, has been with the Lions since 2013 and has made a name for himself as one of the best corners in the game. As While he did allow some "big" games, his coverage for the most part was pretty solid.At the end of the day, the Eagles got a great cornerback in Slay, https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/fb/53/darius-slay-31920-ftr_10em2hiqmw38e1txpt4yw0olij.png?t=-161400048&w=500&quality=80
What gets us at PFF going, though, is his 29 total quarterback pressures. Latest on New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN The New York Giants fell to 2-11 on the season with a 23-17 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football, but despite the defeat, there were several reasons for optimism.Chief among them was the play of rookie wide receiver Darius Slayton, who hauled in five receptions for 154 yards and two touchdowns. Slayton has jumped into the top 40 overall graded WR’s for the season, among qualified WR’s. He had just two targets and zero catches in the final two quarters of play.On the defensive side of the ball, rookie cornerback DeAndre Baker had another high quality game, allowing just one reception for seven yards in his rotation with Sam Beal, who did not fare nearly as well.Veteran safety Antoine Bethea also drew a little praise for his work against the run, while several others defenders earned some kudos in the ReFocused segment.Rookie Oshane Ximines got a second-quarter sack of Wentz after he slid inside of Jason Peters, the sack occurred in the red zone and forced a field goal. The matching methodology for this set of articles is similar to that for the 2020 prospects, where I found the closest statistically comparable players using principal component analysis (PCA) and the euclidean distance between the players' components, and then gave each a “Similarity” score based on percentile of distance. They drafted three future starters in the first five rounds of this year's NFL Draft to place among their two anchors -- guards Will Hernandez and Kevin Zeitler.Now that left tackle Nate Solder has opted out this season, Zeitler becomes the lone veteran presence on a line that will consist of younger vets, rookies and free agent pickups.Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report coupled a list of each team's 'secret weapon' in which he names right guard Kevin Zeitler the Giants' secret...The New York Giants officially signed kicker Chandler Catanzaro on Friday, but don't expect that to be the only move made by the team in an attempt to find a replacement for Aldrick Rosas.The addition of Catanzaro was one of necessity and convenience, but it's just step one in the Giants' search for their starting kicker.The Carolina Panthers released kicker Graham Gano earlier this week and given the familiarity between he and general manager Dave Gettleman, it wouldn't come as a surprise if he were summoned to East Rutherford.However, another potential option became available on Saturday...The New York Giants continued to make adjustments to their roster depth on Saturday, claiming rookie wide receiver Tony Brown off of waivers from the Cleveland Browns.Brown signed with Cleveland as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Colorado following the 2020 NFL Draft. No pass rush means corners have to stay on their man for longer periods of time.Beyond that, even when Slay allowed receptions, his tight coverage made it so they had to make circus catches.Darius Slay's match-and-mirror ability is still up there with the best in the NFL.While PFF's 2019 grade on Slay was low, many NFL players had nothing but praise for the cornerback. The Eagles also apparently disagree because they not only traded for him, but gave him a contract extension. His cap figure for the next three seasons is $675,000 $850,000 and $965,000 respectively. The wild card is Darius Slayton, who impressed with 740 yards and eight touchdowns as a fifth-round rookie. Darius Slayton recorded a 90.3 overall grade on Monday Night Football against the Eagles. It’s a different world playing PRESS on a teams #1 wideout each week. The Lions had trouble getting to the quarterback, with the second-lowest sack rate (28) in the league. Ximines picked up a second sack in the fourth quarter after beating back-up left tackle Halapoulivaati Vaitai inside.Markus Golden had an unblocked sack to end the Eagles’ opening drive of the game. He also rushed the ball six times for 33 yards and one touchdown, and returned one kickoff for 15 yards. Prior to transferring to Colorado in 2017, Brown spent two seasons playing at Texas Tech.In 26 college games, the 6-foot-1, 195-pound Brown hauled in 115 receptions for 1,418 yards and seven touchdowns.