Having made seven straight Pro Bowls and appearing on the 2016 All-Pro team, Matthew Slater has been one of the most decorated pure special-teamers in NFL history. He could be changing teams.
At least, he’s considering it. The longtime Patriots specialist is visiting the Steelers on Saturday, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets. Slater has played his entire 10-year career in New England.
The 32-year-old gunner agreed to stay with the Patriots last year on a one-year, $1.8MM deal but is now a free agent. Pittsburgh, which is limited in cap space, will not have to spend much to acquire Slater. But the Patriots, who re-signed another ST-only player earlier this week in Nate Ebner, have long valued special teams. So it would be interesting if they deemed a core member of those units expendable.
I guess it takes pressure off Brown for returns…
He’ll never leave the Pats. Just getting a market price which the Pats will match.
There is no guarantee he will get an offer from the Steelers or that they won’t do the same as they did to Hightower last year which was this offer stands until you leave.
He doesn’t return punts. He’s just a gunner.
He’s a FREAK !!
The good kinda FREAK !!