Patriots’ Matthew Slater Made His Decision For 2020

Patriots’ Matthew Slater wants to keep playing football. And with no other team than the New England Patriots.

The longtime Patriots special teams captain said that he does not plan on retiring this offseason and that his first choice would be to re-sign with New England.

Patriots’ Matthew Slater, 34, is set to become an unrestricted free agent when the NFL league year opens March 18.

“I definitely feel like my family and I thought about it a lot,” Slater said. He added: “I still love to play and want to continue to play. I guess as of now, I want to keep playing. We just have to see how things go from here. There are a lot of things up in the air that I don’t know, but I’m going to approach it as though I’m preparing to play next year. We’ll kind of go from there. That’s where we’re at.”

“I think I’ve expressed several times my desire to play the entirety of my career (in New England). When you play 12 years in one location, it’s hard for you to imagine playing anywhere else. I’ve certainly expressed that publicly. I’ve expressed that privately. But again, ultimately, sometimes that decision isn’t always in your hands. We’ll see how things go moving forward.”

Slater Had One Of The Best Seasons In His Career

This was one of the best seasons in Slater’s 12-year career. He was voted to his eighth Pro Bowl — an NFL record for a special teamer — and also earned a spot on the Associated Press’ All-Pro first team alongside Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore.

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