Longtime New England Patriots special teams ace Matthew Slater retired this offseason, but he isn't going anywhere.
According to ESPN's Mike Reiss, Slater has taken on a "full-time position" with the team, and he'll reportedly be the "'right-hand man' to first-year head coach Jerod Mayo, providing Mayo a sounding board on football and team building, as well as assistance in 'people development.'"
The pair were in the same draft class for the Patriots back in 2008, and Reiss noted that "once Mayo pursued a career in coaching, he had previously told Slater it was one of his dreams for them to work together in hopes of developing something in which they could be proud.