Not that I think McCourty was going to retire in the first place, your point is well taken. There seems to be a real bond between Schianno and the McCourty's,
BTW- The REAL question becomes whether JASON comes back. IF you look at the roster we have a plethora of young CB's on the roster. With Jones and Jackson developing so rapidly and Dawson looming in the wings, do the Pats really need to resign Jason next year.
In fact that entire secondary seems like log, with Chung, DMac, Harmon, and Obi already entrenched at the S position, who exactly are the Pats going to use those 12 picks on. If need was the only factor it looks like we should have 4 for the DL, 4 WR/TE's, 3 LB's and a QB.