Before Sunday’s Patriots-Bills game, Devin McCourty FaceTimed his 5-year-old daughter Londyn from one of the training rooms at Highmark Stadium. When Matthew Slater came over to say hello, McCourty asked a question even though he already knew the answer: “Londyn, do you know who that is?” She replied, “Yeah, that’s Jeremiah, Hannah, and Noah’s dad.”
The relationship between McCourty and Slater extends far beyond football. Their children are friends. So are their wives, Michelle and Shahrzad. They consider each other family.
Over their 13 years together in New England, McCourty and Slater have become not only cornerstones of the Patriots organization but, in their words, brothers.