St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 3, 2017
Special Pats player Slater's hero is Isaac Bruce
HOUSTON • Matthew Slater has a hero, and his name is Isaac Bruce.
Slater, the special teams whiz for the New England Patriots, is the son of Hall of Fame offensive tackle Jackie Slater. He got to know Bruce, and looked up to him, starting in 1994 which was Bruce’s rookie season in the NFL with the Los Angeles Rams.
“I met Isaac a number of times with my dad,” Slater said Thursday. “When the team moved (to St. Louis) I was in the fifth grade, so I was old enough to remember.”
