Agent Marvin Demoff told The Boston Herald that coach Bill Belichick called Seau on Wednesday and the player arrived in Foxboro on Thursday afternoon.

"I haven't really talked to Junior since he got off the plane, but I expect if nothing changes from the conversation they had last night that he will end up signing a contract," Demoff told the paper.

The Patriots signed another veteran, Rosevelt Colvin, on Wednesday. Colvin was cut by the Texans before the season.

The Patriots are without outsider linebackers Pierre Woods and Vince Redd this week after having already lost Adalius Thomas to a broken right arm. Insider linebacker Tedy Bruschi has been limited in practice recently by a knee injury.

Demoff said Seau has fully recovered from offseason surgery on a torn rotator cuff and had told the agent that the Patriots were the only team he would consider joining.