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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Probably not by much, last year was a 1 year, $2,622,500. He's been in the league so long that even his vet minimum is high.First off: Welcome back to Slater.
Now, on to business: Did our cap projections assume his retirement? What's the effect here?
or agreed to terms... 6 or 1/2 dozen i supposeI believe he's a FA, must mean he has a signed a new deal.
The obvious 1st thought would be that.God bless Matthew Slater as a Patriots' institution and all he's done.
I would think 37 is pretty old for a player who's main job is to run fast and tackle the kick returner. And he was talking about coaching IIRC.
“Slater posted 13 special teams tackles, second-most on the team behind rookie Brenden Schooler.”what a complete joke. Slater sucked last year and has sucked for several years. waste of $ and the effing special teams were atrocious....why In the wtf are they bringing him back? is this so Bill the Coach can "communicate" w younger players? such a waste of $
Should be easy enough since the four-year player qualifying contract is basically made for this situation. They can pay him $2,667,500 while he only counts $1,317,500 on the cap. That ~$2.7M is the most they can pay a guy with this cap exception, and it has to be a player who was on the roster for the previous four seasons. I don’t really see any other candidates unless Damien Harris’ market is really bad (which could happen).I believe he's a FA, must mean he has a signed a new deal.
He finished 2nd on the team in ST tackles and 21st in the NFL.what a complete joke. Slater sucked last year and has sucked for several years. waste of $ and the effing special teams were atrocious....why In the wtf are they bringing him back? is this so Bill the Coach can "communicate" w younger players? such a waste of $
Hope the decision turns out well for him. He’s relatively healthy now, for his sake hopefully he can get through the season unscathed.
There’s a old saying from Bill James which was about baseball but applies to all sports: Bad teams tend to blame their problems on their best players. The Patriots special teams outside of punt returns were atrocious last year. Matthew Slater was not the problem. He wasn’t peak Slater but he still performed well in general compared to others at his position.He finished 2nd on the team in ST tackles and 21st in the NFL.
Your analysis is horrible.