You know how people say a player like Tom Brady or Michael Jordan or prime Tiger Woods has ice water in their veins when the stakes are the highest? When one shot or one play before the clock hits triple zeroes means the difference between going home a champion and going home a never-was?
Matt Slater’s performance in Super Bowl LIII was that, except for replace the ice water in his veins with weapons-grade Red Bull.
For as well-known and rightfully loved as Matt Slater’s been since he got to New England in 2008, he’s still kind of an enigma for a lot of Patriots fans.