Darius Slay addresses Eagles fans' outrage after Micah Parsons podcast appearance

Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay recently guested on the podcast of Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons. After seeing the two being friendly on the show, many fans of the two NFC East rivals were upset.

On his YouTube channel, Slay addressed the criticism from Eagles fans. He said that he and Parsons have a close friendship and that their families are even close to each other.

"I feel as [if] a lot of Eagles fans are very, very upset about me on the podcast with Micah Parsons. To be honest, I’ve been knowing Micah way before he became a Dallas Cowboy. We trained together when he was coming out as a young guy," said Slay.

"We grew a great relationship. When we played the Dallas Cowboys either here or home, we both use each other’s tickets. His family sits by my family, my family sits by his family at his games. We have a great relationship.”

Darius Slay apologized to Philadelphia Eagles fans

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But if joining his rival's podcast wasn't something he apologized for, Slay was apologetic toward Eagles fans after Sunday's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Slay tweeted a list of his accomplishments along with the caption, "When u talk bad about me don't forget to mention the greatess of me too."

Slay got heat for the tweet, deleted it, then addressed it on on Parsons's show.

"One thing I will take accountability for [is] posting my stats like that. I should not have did that. But ya’ll got under my skin a little bit. That was kind of big for me right there, man. Because I put a lot of work into this, man. I work my a— off, I train my a— off, I try to be the best role model and leader that I can be. And to get attacked all the time, well not all the time, but for that game I’m like, ‘Gahh, dawg.’"

The Eagles are 2-2 through the first four games of the 2024 season. If Nick Sirianni can't flip things around and lead the Eagles to the playoffs, he could be on the hot seat in the offseason.