FOXBOROUGH — He wasn’t a member of the team at the time, but there’s one memory from the Patriots’ Super Bowl win over the Rams after the 2001 season that still sticks out in Matthew Slater’s mind.
With the score tied at 17 and less than 90 seconds remaining, New England regained possession at its 17-yard line. Slater, who was 16 years old at the time and in high school, remembers Fox commentator John Madden weighing in on the broadcast: “You know, I really think they should play for overtime here.’’
Instead, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, then 24, completed 5 of 8 passes to bring his team into field goal range.