Eagles' Darius Slay vocal about hesitation to go to Brazil | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

COME AROUND TAKING CARE OF IF ALL THE ALL THE TEAMS OUT DO SO AT YOUR OWN PERIL, COME AROUND TAKING CARE OF JOHNSON HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT AS WELL. I MEAN LOOK IT IT IT I HATE THIS PHRASE BUT IT'S TRUE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. I MEAN, YOU GET ASSIGNED TO PLAY WHEREVER WHENEVER YOU HAVE NO SAY IN IT AND THE NFL DECIDED EAGLES, PACKERS GOES TO BRAZIL. I STILL HOPE THE PEOPLE IN BRAZIL REALIZE THE QUALITY OF THE GAME, THEY'RE GETTING AFTER ALL THE CRAP THAT WE'VE BEEN SENDING TO LONDON FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS. EAGLES, PACKERS IS AN AMAZING GAME THAT I HOPE THEY DON'T TAKE THIS FOR GRANTED. BUT, UH, I YOU, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO. DID YOU YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO? IT. DID, DID DID OR DID CITY. DID YOU, YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO? NO, I DID. I DID LONDON, AND, I I MEAN, HOW DO YOU COME TO TERMS WITH THE YOU KNOW, I IT'S YOU JUST SHOWING UP WITH YOUR LUNCH BOX. IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER WORK DAY. WE'RE JUST BUILDING. AND, AND EACH TEAM DOES IT DIFFERENTLY? LIKE MY BROTHER HAS PLAYED ON TEAMS WHERE THEY DID THE WEEK IN LONDON, WHERE THEY WERE OUT THERE. THEY GOT TO EXPLORE. THEY GOT TO DO, I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT. WHAT WE? WHAT WE PLAYED IN LONDON, WHAT A SHOT. WHAT A SHOT, WHAT A SHOCK, BILL HAVE FUN. WE FLEW OUT THURSDAY NIGHT. WE GOT THERE FRIDAY MORNING, THEY TOLD US TO STAY AWAKE, TRY TO GET ADJUSTED BECAUSE WE'RE HERE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WE GOT THERE. FRIDAY. WE YOU GOT SOME FREE TIME. FRIDAY MORNING. THEN WE GOT TOGETHER. WE MET. WE WENT A A RUN THROUGH WALK THROUGH PRACTICE. SATURDAY. WE HAD MEETINGS IN THE MORNING YET CALLED IT 4 TO 5 HOURS OF FREE TIME, GRAB LUNCH, WALK AROUND, MAYBE FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN NEXT THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT IT'S THE IT'S THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME. YOU'RE READY TO GO AND VERY SIMILAR SIMILAR TO WHAT SLEIGH SAID. WE GOT THE SAME. WE GOT IT 4 TO 5 HOURS OF FREE TIME, SPEECH OF HEY, IT'S NOT THAT SAFE. YOU SHOULD STAY IN THE HOTEL. BLAH BLAH, BLAH. YOU DON'T REALIZE REALLY WHAT IT IS. UNTIL WE GOT OFF THE PLANE. WE LANDED WE GOT ON THE BUSES AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE IN FRONT OF US AND THE BACK OF A JEEP WITH AKS AND THEY'RE SITTING AND WE'RE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AND ALL OF US ARE WHERE THE HELL ARE DO? WE NEED ALL OF THAT? LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? AND IT WAS THE TRUE. I REMEMBER BEING IN MEXICO CITY, WE STAYED IN COLORADO SPRINGS FOR THE WEEK BECAUSE WE HAD PLAYED DENVER BEFORE. SO WE STAYED OUT THERE. GOT ADJUSTED TO THE HIGH ALTITUDE FOR PRACTICE PRACTICE OVER AT AIR FORCE AND WE FLEW IN SO BECAUSE WE WERE CLOSED ALREADY, WE FLEW IN DAY BEFORE THE GAME, DID OUR MEETINGS WENT TO SLEEP, THAT NIGHT, WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY, PLAYED THE GAME, STRAIGHT TO THE AIRPORT AND LIKE PEOPLE LIKE HOW WAS MEXICO CITY I HAVE NO IDEA. I KNOW HOW THE JW MARRIOTT AND AND MEXICO CITY IS AND THAT WAS IT. THERE WAS NO LIKE LET'S DOOR DASH. LET'S DO IT WAS NONE OF THAT YOU WENT THERE TO PLAY A GAME AND YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S GROWING THE GAME FOR THE NFL, BUT AS FAR AS A PLAYER, WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS THE TRUTH. IT IS WHAT IT IS. YOU FOCUSING ON, IF YOU'RE THE EAGLES YOU PACKERS THE PACKAGE. YOU FOCUSING ON HOW YOU BE THE EAGLES. YOU GO PLAY A GAME AND YOU'RE LIKE SLAY SAID ALL YOU THINK ABOUT PLAY THE GAME AND LET'S GET BACK HOME TO MY FAMILY BECAUSE IF I WANT TO GO TO BRAZIL, I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING UNDER THIS CIRCUMSTANCE AND IT'LL BE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DECISION OF WHAT I WANT TO DO WHERE WE GO. SO THIS IS NOT THAT THIS IS NOT THAT AT ALL. YOU'RE JUST GOING TO PLAY AND WIN A FOOTBALL GAME. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED THE AKS IF YOU HAD BIG DOM, YOU KNOW WHAT THE MEXICO CITY JUST PUT BIG DOM ON THE JEEP YOU. UH BUT THAT'S THE ONLY MINDSET YOU CAN HAVE. AND THE I I LOOK AT THIS AND I I DON'T WANT TO BE CRITICAL OF NICK, I DON'T REMEMBER. ANY OF THE PATRIOTS COMPLAINING ABOUT GOING TO MEXICO CITY, MEXICO CITY. THE MESSAGE GETS SENT TO THE TEAM AND I KNOW THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOT A PODCAST AND EVERYBODY'S GOT A THEN IF YOU'RE BUYING INTO THE MESSAGE, YOU'RE GETTING FROM YOU'RE NOT SITTING THERE IN FRONT OF A CHALKBOARD WHICH WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF A COOL LOOK COMPLAINING ABOUT GOING TO BRAZIL BECAUSE YOUR QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED TO YOUR SATISFACTION BY YOUR COACH. THE MERE FACT THAT SOMEONE IS SAYING THESE THINGS PUBLICLY PASS FAIL. IT'S A LITTLE FAIL FOR NICK SERANI, NOT MAKING SURE LIKE BELLICH, CHECK SURELY DID WITH YOU GUYS. THE MESSAGE IS SENT, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. IT IS WHAT IT IS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT SERVES NO PURPOSE AT ALL. IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE WHAT YOU JUST SAID BEFORE WE CAME BACK ON? ARE YOU'RE GOING TO PICK ALL THE PLAYOFF TEAMS WHEN YOU GET IT, RIGHT? NO, 1 KEHRS. THEY DON'T COMMEND YOU. THEY DON'T SAY ANYTHING. WHEN YOU GET IT WRONG, THEY CALL YOU AN IDIOT. THEY TELL IT'S THE SAME THING IN THIS SITUATION WHEN WE WERE IN NEW ENGLAND. HEY, IT WORKED. THAT'S THE WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT BECAUSE WE WON AND BUILD AND TELL US NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE GAME. WHEN WE CAME IN THAT WEEK, WHAT A LOT OF COLORFUL LANGUAGE? HE WOULD TELL US, NO 1 KEHRS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE PLAYING, JUST SHUT THE F UP AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME. THAT WOULD BE HIS MESSAGE TO US. SO WHETHER YOU KIND OF TOOK THAT AS LIKE WELL LET ME GO TALK ABOUT THE GAME AND THE MEDIA OR MY PODCAST. YOU YOU JUST WEDNESDAY MORNING OR DISTANCE IS THE OPENING. WE WOULD HAVE HEARD THIS SINCE THE SECOND WEEK OF TRAINING CAMP OR LIKE WHATEVER TIME. AND EVERY TIME HE SPOKE ABOUT THE GAME, IT WOULD BE ANOTHER MENTION OF JUST SHUT THE F UP. WE'RE GOING TO PLAY FOR AND IT WOULD JUST BE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO THEN EVERYONE WAS LIKE, OKAY YOU STARTED TO BELIEVE IT DIDN'T MATTER THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRAZIL. YOU START TO BE LIKE, OH YEAH, THE NFL IS GONNA COME IN AND TELL US THAT IT DOESN'T. THE SAME THING YOU TALKED ABOUT, BRADY SAYING, HEY NO 1 GIVES US A SHOT WHEN YOU HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN FROM YOUR HEAD COACH. YOU START TO BE LIKE HE'S RIGHT. NO, 1 IS GIVING AND IT'S TO ME IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR PHILLY UNLESS THEY GO OUT THERE AND THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE NOT READY TO GO COMPARED TO THE PACKERS BECAUSE I COULD BE WRONG. I HAVEN'T LISTENED TO EVERYTHING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HEARD THE PACKERS TALK ABOUT OTHER THAN, HEY, WE WERE IN A MEETING. THEY SAID XYZ, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME AND THAT'S BEEN IT. BUT I'VE HEARD LIKE, I'VE HEARD AJ BROWN TALK ABOUT IT. JOHNSON. IT'S JUST TO ME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF PERSONALITY, LIKE THE EAGLES HAVE MORE GUYS WHO HAVE BIGGER PERSONALITIES, WHO LIKE, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. IT DOESN'T MATTER. AS LONG AS YOU'RE READY TO GO PLAY A GAME, BUT IF THEY DON'T WIN, THEN THIS WILL BE A SUBJECT, IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S TALKED ABOUT, BUT I DO THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS, UNLESS YOU LOSE THE GAME BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WILL USE THAT AS THE REASON YOU LOST THE GAME. BUT INHERENTLY I DON'T THINK THIS GOES INTO YOUR GAME PLAN IN OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. LIKE I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING AGAINST SLAY STUDY OF THE AFFECT. I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, BUT WHEN YOU DECIDE TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS AND LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN YOU HAVE A PODCAST ANYTHING YOU SAY ON THERE WILL BE USED THE NEXT WEEK IF YOU DON'T PLAY WELL, OR IF THE TEAM DOESN'T WIN, THE ONLY THING I REMEMBER FROM ANYONE WITH A PACKAGE, WAS MONTHS AGO, JOSH JACOBS THE RUNNING BACK WHO SIGNED THEIR AFTER HIS CAREER BEGAN IN LAS VEGAS WITH THE RAIDERS SAYING ABOUT THE GREEN UNIFORMS LIKE YOU CAN'T WEAR GREEN OR SOME WEIRD STUFF LIKE THAT THAT WAS IT. THERE WAS NO COMPLAINT ABOUT BRAZIL. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BUT AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER