Super Bowl champ, 34, taking time to decide on career after Bills claimed him off waives, agent says

The Buffalo Bills claimed cornerback Darius Slay disconnected waivers earlier this week successful hopes of bolstering their secondary for the playoff stretch, but helium appeared to beryllium hesitant to proceed his career.

Slay enactment disconnected reporting to the Bills to instrumentality clip to contemplate his future, his cause Drew Rosenhaus said connected Thursday.

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Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Darius Slay (23) reacts arsenic helium takes the tract against the Indianapolis Colts astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Nov. 2, 2025. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

"Slay is honored that a first-class enactment similar the Bills claimed him, but helium is going to instrumentality immoderate clip distant from shot close present and determine successful the adjacent fewer days if helium wants to support playing," Rosenhaus told The Associated Press.

Slay, 34, volition beryllium 35 connected New Year’s Day. He spent the archetypal portion of the play with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He joined Pittsburgh aft helping the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl rubric successful 2024. He played 10 games for the Steelers earlier the 2 sides parted ways. Pittsburgh waived him to marque country for wide receiver Adam Thielen.

He had 36 tackles, 3 deflections and a fumble betterment successful those 10 games.

Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Darius Slay (23) takes the tract against the Cleveland Browns astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Oct. 12, 2025.  (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

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Buffalo whitethorn person mislaid a subordinate successful the process if Slay doesn’t report. The squad fto antiaircraft backmost Ja’Marcus Ingram spell to marque country for Slay. The Houston Texans claimed Ingram connected Thursday.

Slay would beryllium added extent successful the secondary with Tre’Davious White and rookie Maxwell Hairston having played astir of the play other Christian Benford.

The cornerback was a standout astatine Mississippi State and was selected by the Detroit Lions successful the 2nd circular of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played 7 years with the Lions, earning 1 All-Pro enactment and 3 Pro Bowl nods.

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He past joined the Eagles successful 2020 and played for them done the 2024 season, earning 3 much Pro Bowl nods.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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