Matthew Slater earlier this month announced he is returning for a 16th season with the New England Patriots.
He wants Devin McCourty to follow suit.
McCourty said Monday on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” that Slater has been actively recruiting him since the longtime special teams captain decided to delay retirement and play another season.
“I question our friendship, for one,” McCourty said facetiously, “because we were supposed to both be deciding. And he texts me and goes, ‘Hey, I just talked to Bill (Belichick). I’m going back. Don’t make me do this alone.