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Patriots safety Devin McCourty was set to become a free agent, but the team will re-sign the cornerback.

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McCourty to Re-sign With Patriots

Sunday, March 8

McCourty will return to the Patriots, per Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. He also provided the contract details:

Tom E. Curran of CSNNE.com provided a simple quote from McCourty: "I'm back."

Patriots Want McCourty to Return

Saturday, March 7

Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports reported the Patriots "still want" McCourty back in New England.

On March 4, Bleacher Report's Chris Simms discussed the Patriots' top free-agent targets and noted McCourty should be at the top of the list:

On March 2, McCourty commented on the Patriots following the decision to use the franchise tag on kicker Stephen Gostkowski via ESPN's Josina Anderson:

No matter what they do with players somehow they always end up winning so. I really don’t know what their thought process is with me exactly, but I think both sides want to be back. So we will see how it works out. I want to play there, but I also understand it's a business. I don’t want to play there no matter what, but I want to be back. We'll have to see how it works out.

Anderson asked McCourty about where he would like to play if he didn't return to New England:

Not sure. I’m actually going to meet with my agent tomorrow to kind of start putting stuff together and try to get situated...We’ll have to see what teams are interested, and what the best situation is. But I know no matter where I go, it's probably going to be a little different from New England.

On Feb. 25, Phil Perry of CSNNE.com spoke to McCourty about the potential of playing somewhere other than New England next season:

McCourty went on to say the Patriots have "a huge advantage" in free agency, going on to say "If all things are equal, I’ll be back here," via Mark Daniels of the Providence Journal.

McCourty's Brother Plans to Recruit Him to Titans

Monday, Feb. 16

Devin McCourty's brother Jason, who plays cornerback for the Titans, plans to recruit him to Tennessee during free agency, according to Dan Duggan of NJ.com. Duggan provided Jason McCourty's comments:

I'll see what I can do. It's going to be hard to get him out of New England. You know how the business side of it goes. We'll see. If he becomes a free agent, I'll be doing everything in my power to try to get him to Tennessee.

Devin McCourty acknowledged his brother's pursuit, saying, "He's definitely trying to do his recruiting part if I get to the open market. I'll listen to his pitch."