Matthew Slater - Patriots All-Pro and 10-time Pro Bowler on faith, retirement and identity
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast:
- Former New England Patriots legendary All-Pro special teams ace Matthew Slater returns to the show to talk about retiring from football (13:22), growing up with a Hall of Fame football-playing father (01:26) and staying rooted in his identity of Christ. (28:04)
Matthew also shares the story behind his one career reception in his 16 year NFL journey with New England. (22:14)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Matt Forte at the 15 to the 20. |
| 0:06.5 | Splits defenders crossing midfield, a first down to run, a 42-yard run. |
| 0:11.2 | Where Sports and Faith Connect. |
| 0:13.3 | Forte, diving catch, touchdown! |
| 0:17.3 | Forte, who gets the call, he'll slice his way in for the touchdown. |
| 0:21.6 | And now here's your host, former NFL Pro Bowl running back Matt Forte. |
| 0:26.6 | What's up everybody? It's Matt Forte with Sports Spectrum with Jason Romano and man. |
| 0:33.6 | We have probably one of the most unique careers that I've ever been seated next to |
| 0:41.1 | and played against as well. I'm excited to have Matthew Slater on here, multiple Pro Bowls, |
| 0:46.1 | double digits pro bowls, which is, I mean, I'm just going to say it, future Hall of Famer |
| 0:50.6 | in the chair with us. I agree. Future Hall of Fame. It's just a legacy thing. I mean, his dad was a Hall of Fame or is a Hall of Famer, and I think you're just on the way too. In keeping with that, let's go back. Let's go back to young Matt Slater. Knowing that you're growing up, your dad is a professional football player, may feel pressure on you to be like your dad or things like that. I know I have |
| 1:11.7 | children and I don't want to put that pressure on them. But did you feel any of that pressure, |
| 1:16.0 | especially when you have a Hall of Fame, not just, you know, an NFL dad, but a Hall of Famer? |
| 1:20.7 | Yeah. Great question. First, thank you guys both for having me. It's a blessing to be here. |
| 1:26.5 | You know, that pressure is something that I've |
| 1:28.2 | thought a lot about and reflected on as I've grown older. And the one thing I would say is my dad |
| 1:33.3 | was tremendous in allowing me to be my own man. He never made me feel like I needed to pursue |
| 1:39.7 | the career path that he pursued. He did a great job of instructing, |
| 1:46.0 | but at the same time, he stayed back and let me make the mistakes |
| 1:50.0 | I need to make, make the decisions, and find my own passion. |
| 1:53.0 | And it just so happened that my passion was something that he did, |
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