He doesn’t plan to equal it.The star special teamer of the New England Patriots just completed his 11th pro season Sheldrick Redwine Jersey , and he’s at his fifth Super Bowl, with two wins. In his dad Jackie’s 20-season NFL career, he made one Super Bowl — coincidentally, with the Rams in 1980 — and lost to Pittsburgh.“That’s a long time to do anything,” Matthew Slater said Tuesday. As for the New England kick coverage ace lasting so long, he added with a laugh: “Absolutely not.”Of course, when your team becomes a regular visitor to the Super Bowl, it lengthens the season by more than a month. No one in the NFL would want to pass on that, but in reality Slater has played nearly 12 seasons, making All-Pro in 2016 and being voted to seven Pro Bowls.Not bad for someone whose Hall of Fame father didn’t necessarily want Matthew to play football.“He felt that way for two reasons,” Matthew Slater says. “First, he didn’t want me to feel the pressure of living up to his name. He thought the expectations could be unfair.“He also wanted me to avoid injury. He knew the toll it takes on you physically.”Matthew and his brother played plenty of sports, and guess who usually was the coach. Yep, Jackie.“Sports have always been a big part of my life and have so many life lessons from being on a team, and the disciplines of preparing to compete and how you compete, and having teammates around you. I thought they were good lessons to learn,” Jackie Slater said.“I discouraged them to play football. I didn’t think (Matthew) would be big enough to play football. I coached in basketball, soccer, track and field, even some flag football. I didn’t see football as something that he would excel. But when he played flag http://www.brownsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-austin-seibert-jersey , he had good speed and he caught the ball and ran well.”Matthew kept improving in high school and grew, though not to Jackie’s offensive tackle measurements. Because Jackie was unfamiliar with the kind of skills his son possessed, he turned to teammates Ron Brown — a 1984 Olympic champion speedster, who played wideout and returned kicks — and outstanding cornerback LeRoy Irvin. Brown refined Matthew’s technique and speed, and Irvin worked with him on back-pedaling and breaks for receivers.“Things I was not familiar with,” says Jackie, who recalled watching Matthew leave everyone behind in a 100-meter race, only to have Brown say “he did everything wrong.“I knew I needed to get out of the way.”Not really. Matthew, now 33, credits pretty much everything he has achieved in football to his father, who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.“He made every effort to be present,” the son says. “That’s what I appreciate the most: He was a father first. So many young kids … many black kids … I see they don’t have a presence like that.“Anytime I have success, certainly my dad is sharing in it. It all goes back to my dad; I wouldn’t be playing this game without him. It’s pretty unique, a son being able to do something his dad did. We are enjoying this ride together.”For sure. But on Sunday, well, Jackie admits to being a bit torn when the Rams — his team — take on the Patriots — Matthew’s team.You see, Jackie Slater still has plenty of millennium blue and new century gold running through his veins.“This is a win-win situation for me,” the elder Slater notes. “If my son loses, it’s not as if he hasn’t experienced the thrill of victory in a Super Bowl, something I never did. And if he loses Trysten Hill Jersey , it hurts, but he has a great attitude about it. It helps me live with the defeats he has.“If the Rams win, I will be happy because I have been pulling for this team for more than 40 years. My first hero in the game was Tom Mack, who I actually played with for three years.“You know, he has an unbelievable opportunity to experience things I never did. I don’t know what it is like to win the Super Bowl beyond the joy my son had when he won on two occasions. That’s almost as good as me winning, I felt.” CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Desperate to shake things up amid a four-game losing streak, Panthers coach Ron Rivera announced Monday he is taking over defensive playing calling dutiesIn addition to demoting defensive coordinator Eric Washington, the Panthers also fired defensive line coach Brady Hoke and assistant secondary/cornerbacks coach Jeff Imamura. The moves were announced after Rivera met with owner David Tepper and general manager Marty Hurney on Monday morning.“Everything that I do is in the best interest of this team,” Rivera said at a news conference, adding that his meeting with the owner did not influence his decision. “We do things to win.”Washington will remain defensive coordinator and have some input on the game plan for Sunday’s game at Cleveland, but will oversee the front seven instead of the entire defense. He served as the team’s defensive line coach for seven seasons before being promoted to coordinator this past offseason when Steve Wilks left to become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.Sam Mills III will lead the defensive line and Rivera will work with Richard Rodgers in the secondary.Rivera, a former defensive coordinator in Chicago (2006-08) and San Diego (2008-10), said he “helped out” with defensive play calls in Sunday’s following a 24-17 loss to Tampa Bay. He got more engaged after the Buccaneers drove the length of the field on the game’s opening drive and scored a touchdown to take a 7-0 lead.Rivera said while Tepper didn’t influence his decision, he added that he keeps the owner and GM “informed of the decisions going forward for this football team.”The coach wouldn’t elaborate on the specifics of why he decided to make the changes now. Though the problems are pretty evident.The Panthers are 14th in the league in defense under Washington and have allowed the 12th most points in the NFL. Carolina’s defense, long known for its knack for creating takeaways and pressuring the quarterback, has forced just one turnover in the past four games and is tied for 19th in the league in sacks.“In watching and looking, this puts me in the middle of everything as far as the defense is concerned,” Rivera said. “I have a bit of experience at play calling and putting defenses together. It’s an opportunity for me to work even closer with him to help him out as we go forward. Y’all got to remember your first time doing something. You weren’t perfect and somebody had to help you. That’s really what I’m here for.”Panthers 15-year veteran safety Mike Adams said he’s not sure how much will change with Rivera at the helm, saying he has been helping Washington most of the season.In his view http://www.cowboysauthorizedshops.com/authentic-connor-mcgovern-jersey , the Panthers aren’t performing up to expectations — and that’s on the players.“The tradition of the Panthers defense is when you put us on the field in the past and the game is on the line, you know we’re going to win and close out — and we haven’t done that as much this year,” Adams said.The changes also come at time when there are questions about Rivera’s own job security. The Panthers have been to the playoffs four of the past five seasons under Rivera, who signed a two-year contract extension worth $15.5 million in January that runs through 2020.Rivera declined to talk about whether Tepper has put him on notice.“Quite honestly, if you know Mr. Tepper that’s not his style,” Rivera said. “He’s very up front, very forward. I’ve been very fortunate to have a good collaboration between him, myself and the general manager.”Rivera, a two-time NFL coach of the year with a 70-53-1 record as the Panthers head coach, has seen his team go from contending for the NFC South after a 6-2 start to being on the outside looking in at the playoff picture after losing four in a row — including a 52-21 beatdown at Pittsburgh in a nationally televised game Nov. 6.One problem for Rivera has been a carousel of defensive coordinators, which he acknowledged has been difficult.Washington is Carolina’s third in three seasons. Rivera’s previous two coordinators, Sean McDermott and Wilks, left to take head coaching positions.He briefly addressed reports that Tepper is getting antsy and mulling new hires if Rivera didn’t get things turned around.“I’m not going to deal in conjecture,” Rivera said. “What I’m going to deal with is the facts. Until I see a comment that has his name attached to it being quoted, I’m not worry about it. I’m going to focus in on my job, and my job is getting ready for Cleveland.”