Darius Slay joined the Mitch Albom Show on WJR in Detroit on Thursday, hours after his trade from the Detroit Lions to the Philadelphia Eagles. Slay had nothing but positive things to say about the city of Detroit and the Lions fans.
About Matt Patricia, however…
Slay unloaded with several scathing criticisms of his former coach.
“Of course I wanted to stay (in Detroit) for a minute, but I already knew how me and Matt Patricia is, that wasn’t going to last long,” Slay said, referring to his old coach with contempt clear in his voice.
He then brought up Patricia telling him he wasn’t an elite player and didn’t deserve to be training with elite players like Richard Sherman and Aqib Talib in the offseason.
Slay’s take on that?
“That’s the whole point, I didn’t get the thought, sitting here telling me not to go work with somebody, I’m not elite,” Slay continued. “If I ain’t elite in your eyes, at least I’m trying to go compete with guys and work with guys, pick their brains and become elite.”
Later in the interview, Albom asked Slay if he had anything to say to Patricia. Slay opted for diplomacy and took about the highest road he could.
“I wouldn’t say nothing, I’d just go about my day,” he said. “Honestly, I wouldn’t probably feel nothing inside. I live my life, he lives his. I just don’t have to deal with him.”
The full interview, broken into four segments, is available via the Mitch Albom Show Twitter feed.