Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia speaks to the media during the NFL combine on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Indianapolis. Detroit Free Press
INDIANAPOLIS — The breakup is coming, and everyone knows it.
You don't openly talk about trading your three-time Pro Bowl cornerback unless a divorce is inevitable.
So while Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn and coach Matt Patricia downplayed their desire to deal Darius Slay on Tuesday — "This is not an active trying-to-trade situation," Patricia insisted — the only solution now is for the Lions to take the highest offer.
“What we’re trying to do is we’re trying to explore a trade," Quinn told beat reporters in a discussion at the NFL combine.