WATCH: Darius Slay makes NFL’s Top 100, plus Twitter’s reaction

It’s been a long time coming, but Lions’ star defensive back Darius Slay, whose nickname “Big Play Slay” encapsulates both his swagger and big-play ability, finally made the NFL’s Top 100 list, which is voted on solely by current NFL players.

In Slay’s first appearance on the annual countdown, he managed to crack the top-50 (No. 49), indicating he’s been worthy of making this list for a few years.

Check out the clip below for yourself!

Well deserved. @_bigplayslay23 pic.twitter.com/cDrEltz21C

— Detroit Moments (@DetroitMoments) May 29, 2018

Now, let’s see what the people of Twitter had to say about both Slay’s inclusion and placement on his first top-100 list.

Darius Slay ranked #49? He had 34 PDs and 8 ints. Some of the best in the game over the past years haven't put that up smh. He top 20

— Aaron 🐠 (@BaconSubPancake) May 29, 2018

I absolutely love seeing Darius Slay get the recognition he deserves

— Best NFL Matchups (@BestNFLMatchups) May 29, 2018

Darius Slay ranked 49th best player in NFL by NFL players….. 😎👆👆👆👆

— Joseph P. Chapp (@JosephPChapp) May 29, 2018

Darius Slay got some love, okay okay, I see you @_bigplayslay23

— Yusuf (@yusufhodges13) May 29, 2018

OMG darius slay ranked 49th in the #nfltop100 i'm so proud of him ahh

— kyler (@fcwinks) May 29, 2018

But then there were the haters, as there often are on Twitter.

Darius slay is not better than rhodes

— BigBapoonga (@bapoonga) May 29, 2018

How did the players rank Darius Slay so much higher than @KB31_Era ?? Doesn’t make any sense

— Talkin Titans (@TalkinTitans) May 29, 2018

Darius Slay #49
Xavier Rhodes #55 #NFLTop100 💩

— VikingNations (@VikingNations) May 29, 2018

But hey, you can’t please everybody. Lions fans are just happy to see their team and players get a little national recognition for a change. Congratulations to Big Play Slay!

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