New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty is scheduled to become a free agent March 10, and he shared some initial thoughts with Dan Duggan of NJ Advance Media on Sunday.

"I'm excited for the process to see how it will all work out," he told Duggan. "I haven't really thought about it that much even though the season is over, and that's kind of the top thing on the list. I think just coming down off the Super Bowl run and winning that, maybe next week or the week after it will really start to set in as it really gets closer to the whole free agency, franchise tag and all of that."

McCourty's brother, Titans cornerback Jason McCourty, told Duggan he would make a hard recruiting pitch come March 10. But he doubts he might have the chance.

"As March closes in he'll get a chance to see what New England wants to do, and I know he wants to be back there," Jason McCourty said. "He feels like that's home. I think that's where he'll want to play his entire career. ... It's going to be hard to get him out of New England."