Patriots special teams ace Matthew Slater: 'I want to keep playing'

We’ve seemingly heard the same sentiment for several years now, but it’s worth passing along once again: New England Patriots special teams ace Matthew Slater has no intention of retiring and hopes to stick with the Pats. “I definitely feel like my family and I thought about it a lot,” Slater told The Athletic’s Jeff Howe. “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.” The 2008 fifth-rounder has spent his entire career with the Patriots, winning three Super Bowl rings. The 34-year-old Slater earned his eighth-career Pro Bowl nod this season on special teams. Let’s check out some more notes from around the NFL: An arrest warrant was issued for Antonio Brown following an altercation with a moving company driver, and TMZ has passed along s

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