If former Bills gunner Steve Tasker is an example, Matthew Slater might have a tough time making the Hall of Fame.
Tasker was a seven-time Pro Bowler and first-team All-Pro over his 14-year career, helping the Bills reach the Super Bowl in four consecutive years in the 1990s. Despite the accolades, though, Tasker won’t be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (at least as a modern era candidate), after he wasn’t named a finalist for the voting in his last year of eligibility.
Slater has a similar résumé to Tasker in several ways. He’s made more Pro Bowls than Tasker (10), has two fewer All-Pros (two first-team, three second-team), and was a key piece to three Patriots Super Bowl titles.