Cue the final line in Casablanca: “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Darius Slayton did not say it, and he might not have ever heard of it, but there is certainly a chance the sentiment fits, when considering what Slayton does well and what Russell Wilson has been known to do exceedingly well at the NFL level for the past 13 years. Slayton likes to go long.
Wilson is adept at throwing long. This could be something for the Giants to feel excited about. “I love going deep,’’ Slayton said after a hotter-than-usual organized team activity practice.
“That’s kind of how I made my name, so to speak, in the league was making plays down the field, but it’s not just myself. All of us can run. Malik [Nabers] can run, Jalin [Hyatt] can run.
Even Wan’Dale [Robinson], his mini legs be moving, so he can run too. “And it’s shown over OTAs, it’s shown, I think everybody’s probably touched the ball down the field from us at some point. So, I think it’ll help everybody be able to stretch the field and add some yards per catch.
’’ If that happens, Wilson will be more than worth the one-year, $10.5 million investment the Giants made in him. And Slayton will be even more pleased that he decided to stick around.
Near the end of a dismal 3-14 season, Slayton looked weary standing at his locker, having to explain yet another feeble offensive showing after another desultory loss. It was wearing on him, the cumulative effect of spending six years w.
