When the Darius Slay corner half was drafted by the Lions in 2013, his agent presented him to Rod Woodson, the corner of the fame of fame that played most of his career with the Steelers. Woodson invited Slay to stay at home while the two worked together and talked about life in the NFL.
Now Slay is a steeler, and he says he is impatient to work with young players in the same way as Woodson has worked with him.
“Rod Woodson, it was my mentor who came when I was drafted,” said Slay. “When I was drafted, I stayed at home for about a month and a half, I learned football from him.
Slay said Woodson had taught him to take care of his body, XS and OS, and as the game approaches as a professional.
“He told me to always be healthy, to stay outside the bathtub, to make sure you can play,” said Slay. “He taught me a lot of training, route recognitions, and above all he a lot on the track. Other than that, he just coached the ball and just taught me life. »»
Slay, 34, thinks that a large part of his role at Pittsburgh will help young defensive backs to improve.
“This is the best part of my work,” said Slay. “It is one of the greatest roles that I like to play, it is the mentoring of young guys, because a guy did for me. . . . I’m here to always help them improve. You ask me questions on any database in the game, I can tell you what their weakness is and what their strength is, because it is the amount of band I look at DBS. It’s going to be fun.
It will be fun for the Steelers if Slay can have the kind of success he had in Philadelphia, where he won a Super Bowl ring in his last match, giving him an experience he can share with younger players from Pittsburgh.
