Slay shrugs off trade rumors: 'I don't care, I'm a millionaire'

Darius Slay heard the trade rumors, and he was indifferent to whether he stayed with the Detroit Lions or was dealt before the deadline.

"I didn't care if they did (trade me), that's the thing. The whole point of time, y'all don't understand it that I didn't care if I did. It is what it is," Slay said, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.

Slay spoke out after the Lions shipped safety Quandre Diggs to the Seattle Seahawks, and he subsequently heard his own name being circulated as a possible trade chip.

When asked if he preferred to be dealt, Slay responded, "I don't care. I'm a millionaire, dude."

Slay is in the second-last season of his contract with the Lions, which pays him $12.5 million in base salary this year and $10 million in 2020.

He's played his entire seven-year career in Detroit and said he "wouldn't mind" spending the duration of it with the Lions.

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