NFL.com's Jason La Canfora on Wilfork in free agency

[ctpatsfan77]

I present this only as a data point.

Defensive tackles

I don’t know anyone in the league who doesn't expect the Patriots to franchise or extend Vince Wilfork, the cream of the defensive tackle crop. So we might as well take him off the list [of 2010 free agents].

It's from this article:

Breaking down the free-agent class of an unpredictable offseason

As La Canfora says, it's going to be pretty slim pickings in free agency this year unless a new CBA restores the standard free agency rules (which seems unlikely).