Giants' Darius Slayton Calls For Cba Changes If Nfl Adds 18th Game To Regular Season

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said astir nan anticipation of an 18-game regular play anterior to Super Bowl LIX successful February.

Goodell said that location is "a batch of activity to beryllium done" earlier expanding nan play to 18 games and said he has not had immoderate general discussions pinch nan players' national astir adding a game. 

New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton thought that nan NFL adding a 17th crippled to nan regular play anterior to 2021 was "insane" and said he cannot moreover wrap his caput astir a imaginable 18th game. 

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New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton, #86, gestures during warmups earlier a crippled betwixt nan New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (IMAGN)

The 28-year-old wide receiver said he would for illustration 3 things successful nan adjacent CBA successful speech for nan imaginable summation of an 18th regular play game. 

The first point Slayton would want is simply a alteration to nan NFL’s Proven Performance Escalator.

The Proven Performance Escalator increases nan net for third-through seventh information picks if they deed definite playing clip thresholds. Players tin gain that net bump done nan escalator if they play a minimum of 35% of violative aliases protect snaps successful their first 3 seasons. 

They tin besides gain nan net summation if they mean astatine slightest 35% playtime successful their first 3 seasons. The salary bump goes into effect up of nan player's 4th season. 

However, those net increases are not guaranteed for players and wide managers tin play hardball and return them away, which is what happened to Slayton. 

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Darius Slayton is nan Alan Page Community Award victor during nan NFLPA property convention successful beforehand of Super Bowl LIX astatine nan New Orleans Convention Center connected Feb. 5, 2025. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

"(The) business I was successful wherever they tin retract (the escalator). The escalator is location for guys who travel into nan convention disadvantaged to person a chance to make a small money truthful why -  it makes nary consciousness that it's not (guaranteed). It makes nary consciousness for that to beryllium capable to beryllium taken distant for illustration I gain it," Slayton said during a caller quality connected "NFL Spotlight With Ari Meirov."

"Don't put it location then, if it's for illustration if you tin gain it (and then) return it why put it there? So those request to beryllium guaranteed."

Slayton had earned nan escalator arsenic he was a fifth-round prime who met nan qualifications for nan salary raise. However, Giants wide head Joe Schoen had Slayton return a salary trim to stay pinch nan squad and fundamentally wiped retired his escalator. 

The adjacent alteration Slayton would for illustration to spot successful nan CBA is simply a alteration successful nan gross stock if nan NFL were to adhd an 18th game. 

"If we could conscionable get different moreover 1% aliases 1.5% to make it you cognize 49 and a half whatever. I deliberation it's 48 and a half correct now. I deliberation moreover if we get to for illustration 49 and a half, that 1% successful that instance, you're talking astir hundreds of millions of dollars. All nan places that that (additional money) could go, that 1% is very, very valuable. That's why they're holding connected to it truthful tight," Slayton said.

The past point Slayton said he would for illustration is simply a greater finance from teams crossed nan NFL successful their training unit to accommodate nan other game.

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New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton, #86, breaks a tackle by Indianapolis Colts protect backmost Nick Cross, #20, during a crippled betwixt New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (IMAGN)

"Each team's finance successful nan training unit and nan assemblage attraction for illustration that could decidedly beryllium higher crossed nan board. As acold arsenic anything, you request entree excessively to support your assemblage correct aliases get your assemblage correct for illustration location could beryllium much money put location to grip that," Slayton said. 

"I'm connected a squad that really does astir apt 1 of nan champion jobs successful nan league. But I conscionable cognize for a truth for illustration conscionable listening to guys crossed nan convention for illustration that could surely beryllium higher. If you wanted people's bodies clasp up, that's a section wherever you could move much money into and astatine slightest thief guys more."

Slayton notably said that he does not deliberation nan NFL should adhd a 2nd bye week to nan schedule.

"I don't cognize astir 2 (bye weeks) because for illustration getting yourself going aft a bargain is simply a difficult thing," Slayton said.

The NFL’s information shows that location are much soft insubstantial injuries aft a bye week, according to Ari Meirov.

Slayton said it is up to nan player’s national to conflict for those changes.

"That's going to beryllium connected america arsenic a players' national and a PA to conflict for nan things that we would request successful return if we were to adhd an 18th game, but it's decidedly not, it's surely not perfect for nan players," Slayton said. 

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New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton, #86, warms up anterior to nan crippled against nan Dallas Cowboys astatine AT&T Stadium connected Nov. 28, 2024. (Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images)

The Giants selected Slayton pinch their fifth-round prime successful nan 2019 NFL Draft retired of Auburn. 

In six seasons pinch nan Giants, Slayton has 259 catches pinch 3,897 yards and 21 touchdowns. Last season, Slayton had 39 catches for 573 yards and 2 touchdowns. 

Slayton was a free supplier successful nan offseason, but remained pinch nan Giants connected a three-year, $36 cardinal contract. 

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