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NFL Team Steals Nickname of Darius Slay

New York Giants Twitter calls wide receiver Darius Slayton "Big Play Slay"

John Maakaron

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The Lions have a bye this week before facing the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football in Week 6. 

It gives them a chance to rest up and to try to get healthy before their matchup with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.  

Plenty of action still happened in Week 5, though, including the N.Y. Giants taking on the Minnesota Vikings. 

We're bringing this game up because when Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton recorded his first career touchdown, the Giants Twitter account acknowledged it in an interesting fashion.  

It tweeted out, "First Career TD for Big Play Slay!"

Lions cornerback Darius Slay, the original "Big Play Slay," took notice, and tweeted out what many who saw the tweet were thinking.

The whole ordeal was best summarized by professional gamer and internet personality Ninja. 

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John Maakaron
JOHN MAAKARON

John Maakaron has covered Detroit Sports since 2013. Brings a vast array of experience covering the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Detroit Mercy Titans, and Oakland University Golden Grizzlies. John brings a wealth of sports broadcast experience. In 2013, John had the vision to establish the Detroit Sports Podcast Network. Has recorded over 3000 podcasts analyzing Detroit Sports. In 2019, Sports Illustrated Media Group, a historical sports media outlet, partnered with Detroit Sports Podcast to provide daily Lions content for their growing and expanding digital media outlet. Our Lions content can also be read in the newspaper at The Oakland  Passionate about Detroit Sports and it is reflected in his coverage of the local teams!

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