time2rock Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Darius Slay is changing his jersey number The Eagles’ top cornerback will have a new look moving forward. By Brandon Lee Gowton@BrandonGowton May 1, 2021, 10:30am EDT Darius Slay is taking advantage of the NFL loosening their jersey number restrictions. The Philadelphia Eagles cornerback will no longer be wearing No. 24 and instead will be sporting the No. 2 jersey moving forward. John Clark reports Slay confirmed as much to him. Cody Benjamin was first to note on Friday evening that NFL Shop was selling No. 2 Slay jerseys. Slay previously expressed his interest in switching to No. 2 on Twitter. Miles Sanders also had an interest in that number but the veteran clearly won out. Slay has a history with No. 2; he wore it when he played junior college football at Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Mississippi. A nice homage to his path up to the NFL. No. 2 was previously owned by Jalen Hurts, who switched to No. 1 this offseason. Our #JerseyNumberAnalytics model here at BGN indicates No. 2 is an OK number for Slay but No. 24 was already a strong look. It’s definitely going to be different seeing a single-digit player at cornerback. It’ll be interesting seeing No. 2 and No. 6 (DeVonta Smith) going up against each other in practice. https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2021/5/1/22414012/darius-slay-jersey-number-change-2-24-philadelphia-cornerback-news-uniform-college-nfl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 The # free for all is underway. Don't buy any jerseys until the dust settles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 There seems to be such a big deal made about jersey numbers and I don't really get why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaBeach_Eagle Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 On 5/2/2021 at 8:15 AM, PoconoDon said: The # free for all is underway. Don't buy any jerseys until the dust settles. I don't buy jerseys of current players unless they win us a Super Bowl. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2rock Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 6 hours ago, VaBeach_Eagle said: I don't buy jerseys of current players unless they win us a Super Bowl. Ditto. The only jersey I bought in >20 years was Foles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YubaEagle Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Since he is our only DB worth anything, let's hope he doesn't play like #2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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