Pro Bowl cornerback Darius Slay indicated Monday on Instagram Live that he will not be attending Detroit Lions minicamp this week.

Slay chatted with Lions fans on the social media site for about 10 minutes while he played outside with his children late Monday afternoon. At one point, he brought a friend into his live feed who asked what he was doing in Detroit and if he was in town for organized team activities or minicamp.

"I don't know. I ain't going," Slay said, repeating his answer again.

When the friend asked why he's not going, Slay said, "Hey, man, I'm chilling, man."

When the friend said Slay wouldn't get any money from OTAs anyway, Slay responded, "I know. Tell me about it."

Slay is one of two key players on the Lions defense who has stayed away from the team during formal workouts this offseason in hopes of landing a new contract.

Already, Slay has forfeited a $250,000 bonus by missing voluntary workouts, and if he skips all three days of mandatory minicamp this week he'll trigger a maximum fine of $88,650.

Slay has two years left on the four-year extension he signed in 2016 and is scheduled to make $12 million in base salary this fall.

Defensive tackle Damon Harrison also has skipped OTAs, and forfeited a $250,000 workout bonus, while looking for a new deal.

Harrison, who shares an agent with Slay, had a transformative impact on the Lions defense last fall after he was acquired in a midseason trade from the New York Giants. The Lions gave up 57 fewer yards rushing per game with Harrison in the lineup the final 10 games than they did in the first six weeks without him.

Lions coach Matt Patricia said little about Slay and Harrison when asked about their absence at the start of OTAs, saying he preferred to focus on the players who were attending workouts.

"Back in the day I’ve had other great players, really great ones, on my defenses before that just whatever the situation was to them, whether they have offseason routines that are agreed or talked about or kind of just gone through so everybody’s on the same page with all that stuff," Patricia said. "For us it’s just focusing on the guys that are on the field."

Slay, in his Instagram Live chat Monday, indicated he plans to play for the Lions this fall and said he'll try and sign as many jerseys as possible when he walks out of the tunnel for pre-game warmups this year.

"I love my fans, I love Detroit," Slay said at one point, adding, "I'm telling y'all, Detroit got the best fans in the world, man. Y'all got some crazy ones now, but y'all are the best ones now. Y'all are the best fans in the world."

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