Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay believes that the players are at fault for the demotion of defensive coordinator Sean Desai.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni stripped play-calling duties from Desai and gave them to Matt Patricia ahead of the team's 20-17 Week 15 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
Patricia is now the team's de facto defensive coordinator while Desai is reduced to a lesser role. Slay reflected on this by taking responsibility for what happened to the first-year coach.
"As players, I feel it's out fault," Slay told reporters. "We failed him.... We all got a hand in that.