Giants' Darius Slayton calls for CBA changes if NFL adds 18th game to regular season

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

Goodell said that determination is "a batch of enactment to beryllium done" earlier expanding the play to 18 games and said helium has not had immoderate ceremonial discussions with the players' national astir adding a game. 

New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton thought that the NFL adding a 17th crippled to the regular play anterior to 2021 was "insane" and said helium cannot adjacent wrapper 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 the New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (IMAGN)

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

The archetypal happening Slayton would privation is simply a alteration to the NFL’s Proven Performance Escalator.

The Proven Performance Escalator increases the wage for third-through seventh circular picks if they deed definite playing clip thresholds. Players tin gain that wage bump done the escalator if they play a minimum of 35% of violative oregon antiaircraft snaps successful their archetypal 3 seasons. 

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

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

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

"(The) concern I was successful wherever they tin retract (the escalator). The escalator is determination for guys who travel into the league disadvantaged to person a accidental to marque a small wealth truthful wherefore -  it makes nary consciousness that it's not (guaranteed). It makes nary consciousness for that to beryllium capable to beryllium taken distant similar I gain it," Slayton said during a caller quality connected "NFL Spotlight With Ari Meirov."

"Don't enactment it determination then, if it's similar if you tin gain it (and then) instrumentality it wherefore enactment it there? So those request to beryllium guaranteed."

Slayton had earned the escalator arsenic helium was a fifth-round prime who met the qualifications for the wage raise. However, Giants wide manager Joe Schoen had Slayton instrumentality a wage chopped to stay with the squad and fundamentally wiped retired his escalator. 

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

"If we could conscionable get different adjacent 1% oregon 1.5% to marque it you cognize 49 and a fractional whatever. I deliberation it's 48 and a fractional close now. I deliberation adjacent if we get to similar 49 and a half, that 1% successful that instance, you're talking astir hundreds of millions of dollars. All the places that that (additional money) could go, that 1% is very, precise valuable. That's wherefore they're holding connected to it truthful tight," Slayton said.

The past happening Slayton said helium would similar is simply a greater concern from teams crossed the NFL successful their grooming unit to accommodate the other game.

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New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton, #86, breaks a tackle by Indianapolis Colts antiaircraft 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 concern successful the grooming unit and the assemblage attraction similar that could decidedly beryllium higher crossed the board. As acold arsenic anything, you request entree excessively to support your assemblage close oregon get your assemblage close similar determination could beryllium much wealth enactment determination to grip that," Slayton said. 

"I'm connected a squad that really does astir apt 1 of the champion jobs successful the league. But I conscionable cognize for a information similar conscionable listening to guys crossed the league similar that could surely beryllium higher. If you wanted people's bodies clasp up, that's a section wherever you could determination much wealth into and astatine slightest assistance guys more."

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

"I don't cognize astir 2 (bye weeks) due to the fact that similar getting yourself going aft a bargain is simply a hard thing," Slayton said.

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

Slayton said it is up to the player’s national to combat for those changes.

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

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

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

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

Slayton was a escaped cause successful the offseason, but remained with the Giants connected a three-year, $36 cardinal contract. 

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