Darius Slay claimed on waivers by Buffalo

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If slay was an option we'd know by now. Not happening. 

[Einstein's Dog]

4 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

 

Slay can do whatever he wants.  He knew that any team could claim him on waivers when he asked for his release from the Steelers just like he knew that if he cleared waivers he could go to Philly.  He decided to flip that coin hoping his age and down year would maybe allow him to slip through waivers.  And it didn't so he was prepared to retire rather than report if that happened.

 

That is his full right as a player to do that.  If you want to mad at someone, be mad at the system.  But if you change the system then you allow players to manipulate it by informing teams not to claim him or he will retire rather than report so he can clear and go where he wants.  I mean every player would say that so they could pick their next destination if they know they have options.  

 

So it has to be this way - every team KNOWS this when they claim a player.  For Slay, his preference was finish the season out in Philly or just retire rather than stay in Pitt or go someplace else late in the season.  People need to get over it.

 

One thing I would say though is that the NFL needs to change the rules to where the team can get back their player if the claimed player refuses to report in the first 24 hours.  So Ingram should have to wait 24 hours before his official release to first confirm the claimed player is reporting.  And if that player chooses NOT to report, then the team keeps the player they were going to release AND also still holds the RIGHTS to the claimed player.  And if that player later decides to report, the team then has 24 hours to either accept them onto the roster and then release someone, or waive the rights and player all together officially making them a FA if the team no longer wants them.

 

That should be the rule and NONE of this would ever happen.  

No, I'm not going to be mad at the system.  It's Slay/Rosenhaus + Philly's tampering that annoys me.  Slay/Rosenhaus were not thinking he was going to clear waivers, they knew Philly would be putting in a claim, and they did.  Slay wanted to play for Philly and Rosenhaus thought he had a way for him to do it.

 

What they didn't expect was for anyone else to claim him.  And when the surprise Buffalo claim happened, Slay quit.  Do you really buy his story that it's cold in Buffalo, so he'll retire instead?  C'mon.  (the guy had played for Philly and then Pitt).

 

It's not hard to connect the dots - Slay wanted to play for Philly, asked for help from Rosenhaus, who talked with Philly.  Asked for and received a release from Pitt and was waived.  This scenario is what they don't want happening, and they call it tampering. 

 

Clear as day to me and I don't like it.  I can't see how you don't see it, how the league doesn't see it, and how Philly + Rosenhaus can get away with it without penalty.  It's incredibly obvious tampering.

[dayman]

Well, in fairness to Slay and Rosenhaus who the hell would have expected us to claim him anyway? What in the hell were we even doing.

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27 minutes ago, dayman said:

Well, in fairness to Slay and Rosenhaus who the hell would have expected us to claim him anyway? What in the hell were we even doing.

Doing what every NFL team does to improve their team. BB apparently who unaware the guy only wanted to go to Philly.. that after the fact every media person was aware of 🤷🏻‍♂️🤓

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56 minutes ago, QLBillsFan said:

Doing what every NFL team does to improve their team. BB apparently who unaware the guy only wanted to go to Philly.. that after the fact every media person was aware of 🤷🏻‍♂️🤓

 

(deep sigh) Again... if Slay can improve our team AND if we don't have to play him in 3 weeks OR in the Super Bowl, why the hell should Beane give him a free pass?

 

Rosenhaus and Slay can go phaq themselves, as can the Steelers and the Eagles.

 

Beane did the right thing. Go look for something else to pick apart.

 

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3 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:

 

What rules did he violate?  He was released, doesn't want to play for the team who picked him up, so he is not.  No rules violated

 

But that is the risk you take when you claim a guy off waivers.  Same risk any one takes.  When the guy is on waivers, there is a reason.  It is not Slay's fault at 34 he doesn't want to start over mid season some place he doesn't know when he neither needs the money or the ring.  

 

If you don't think Slay and the Eagles were trying to orchestrate him back to Philadelphia Ive got a bridge to sell you.  

 

He bypassed the NFLs waiver policy and its CBA which his own union agreed to.   He and the Eagles 100% broke NFL rules.