New England Patriots safety Devin McCourty is a regular on Comcast SportsNet New England during the regular season and he joined the "Sports Sunday" program on the station following news that he signed a five-year, $47.5 million contract extension with $28.5 million in total guarantees.

The following is the Q&A with McCourty and Trenni Kusnierek and Tom E. Curran:

What made you decide to come back to New England?

"I think everyone knew starting yesterday at 12 o'clock for all unrestricted free agents, it was going to be a frenzy. I'm blessed to say we had other teams that were interested. But I've said all along that I knew in my heart that I wanted to be back in New England. But I also knew the business side of football and I had to do what I had to. I'm back, but I would by lying if I said there wasn't possibilities over the last two days that I was going to be somewhere else. But I'm happy it all worked out."

Can you characterize the interest you had from other teams and how close you may have come to accepting offers from another franchise?

"I would say every team that kind of got reported down the end -- everyone was talking a lot about Philly, the Giants, the Jags, the Titans. All of those teams, for different reasons, were high on my list. I was close. I'm like any other human being. When you start going over different places; all the places the money was good, and you start crossing off things that you like. All of those teams were good fits, I felt, for me. There was a chance I would have ended up in one of those places, but I was happy that myself, Bill and all the guys in the front office were able to work out a deal. I thought my agents did a great job, Andy Simms and Wesley Spencer, they were tremendous. As a young 20-something-year-old, you come out of college and sign an agent, you don't know what you're going to get. But I felt I got the best with them -- my rookie and then now, my second contract in the NFL."

In football, you have a small window to make the most money you possibly can. Why choose to stay with the Patriots?

"Your family definitely, and winning and happiness to me also comes in. I felt like the goal for myself was to be taken care of financially for myself, my kids in the future, and my extended family. We had certain benchmarks and numbers that we felt got that done. It was never going to be 'just do what came in as the highest price.' We wanted to be happy and we wanted to win. We felt like we had an opportunity, and really all those places we saw ways we could win. But obviously being in New England for five years, there is no kind of mystery or question; I know we can win here, we've already done it. That's where they came in first, in that category. Financially, they stepped up and hit all the numbers I wanted. I think that's what mattered and what was going to make me happy."

Around here, the first thing people are going to want you to do is call Darrelle Revis. Are you going to be able to get Revis on the phone and then back on the field next year?

"I actually spoke to him, but I told him the same thing I feel like he would tell me: 'I want him back here, I want to play with him, he's a great teammate and the best corner in the game.' But I also know it's a business and I would never hit him up and try to pressure him into doing something. I already told him I [have] a teammate for the rest of my NFL career anyway because we already train together. I'll see him again in Arizona and hopefully I'll see him again in July in training camp. After going through this the last two months saga, to say it's a business is kind of the easiest thing. This is crazy. He understands even more than me. I already know he's going to do what's best for him."