Mark LeVoir News

Membership in "The Pig Pile" must require facial hair and biceps the size of a redwood.

The Patriots have announced a 9 a.m. conference call with safety Rodney Harrison on Wednesday, and it is a near certainty that the 15-year veteran safety will announce his retirement from the NFL.

The NFL spring meeting wraps up on Wednesday, and one area owners are expected to address is the waiver process in the offseason.

Patriots rookie tackle Sebastian Vollmer is both bigger, less experienced and more exotic than your average first-year football player, but to call him a "project" is far from the truth.

The New England Patriots' season ended two months ago, but Sammy Morris has filled that time with a variety of activities that have taken him around the globe and back and impacted his life in nearly as many ways.

Coach Bill Belichick said if there was a silver lining to the Patriots' failure to qualify for the playoffs, it was that it provided players extra time to rest and recover from another grueling season.

His lone blemish yesterday was throwing to Ben Watson twice. Otherwise, a brilliant performance under the worst circumstances.