FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Paul MacLean Jersey . -- Darrelle Revis says at least 26 teams called after he was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He chose the team whose coach he once called a "jerk." The New England Patriots announced Monday the signing of the three-time All-Pro cornerback who used that description of Bill Belichick in a word association game on ESPN in 2012. Revis and the coach called by many a defensive "genius" have discussed that. "Yeah, me and Bill, we had a conversation about it and its in the past," Revis said during a conference call. "Were both moving forward and were excited about working together and trying to win games." He also spoke with Tom Brady, the quarterback he faced twice each regular season with the New York Jets when both were healthy. "He did reach out this morning," Revis said. "It was a great conversation, but I cant speak on the details." The Patriots also announced they signed former Carolina wide receiver Brandon LaFell. He started all 16 regular-season games last season and made 49 catches for 627 yards and five touchdowns. The Panthers third-round draft choice in 2010 also had four catches for 24 yards in a 23-10 playoff loss to San Francisco. The 6-foot-2 LaFell adds size to a receiving group led by 5-10 Julian Edelman and 5-11 Danny Amendola. The Patriots have won the AFC East title in 10 of the past 11 seasons and reached the last three conference championship games. The chance to win again after a 4-12 season with Tampa Bay, more than the prospect of playing twice a year against the Jets -- the team Revis spent his first six years with -- attracted him. "That was never the factor," Revis said. "My thing is all about winning. I want to win. What better organization, the New England Patriots, to be a part of? If you look at their track record, New England has won year in and year out or been to the playoffs, had playoff berths. Right now in my career, I think this is great, to team up with Tom Brady and coach Belichick and the New England Patriots team and help them win games." The Patriots announced his signing four days after Revis business manager, John Geiger, tweeted that a contract agreement had been reached. The team did not announce details of the contract, reportedly for one year and $12 million. Revis was released last Tuesday by the Buccaneers before he was due a $1.5 million signing bonus after his only season with them. He had been traded by the Jets while still recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He played just two games in 2012 but all 16 in 2013. He was in Foxborough when the Buccaneers and Patriots held joint practices during training camp. "I was rehabbing my knee but, at the same time, I got to see how New England really operates, how coach Belichick runs the organization," Revis said. 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Whether it proves to be enough for him to keep the job next season will ultimately be up to owner Mark Davis.Sparano wrapped up the season Monday by holding a brief team meeting with his players and then emphatically stating his case for keeping the job in a season-ending news conference.All I want to do right now is be the head coach of the Raiders, Sparano said. How badly? Very, very badly. This is my team. I left my team today. Im looking forward to starting over again with them. Those decisions will be made down the road. I only have one concern now and thats to be head coach of the Oakland Raiders.Sparano appeared to be talking to Davis as much as anyone during the news conference. He cited the spark he has with his team, the improvement following the firing of Dennis Allen in September and the 27 first- or second-year players who participated in more than 10,000 plays this season.Im confident. I know the direction this is headed, Sparano said. Ive done this before, not quite like this. Ive got a lot of work done right here. I want that work to be for me, for this organization.Sparano will get the chance to talk directly with Davis when he interviews for the job shortly. Davis will also interview other candidates but big names like Jim Harbaugh and Jon Gruden are no longer options.Sparano and the players also talked about the importance of continuity, citing the eight head coaches and more than 100 assistants Oakland has had in 12 seasons since last going to the playoffs in 2002.Defensive end Justin Tuck,, one of the many proven veterans brought in this off-season to help instil a winning mindset in Oakland, said he hopes that there will not be major changes on the coaching staff. Conor Garland Jersey. uck, who won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants, said the Raiders are not as far away from becoming a winner as most outsiders might think.Were not far off, he said. Obviously you look at the record and say, Theyre at the bottom of the league and things like that. I think Ive played this game long enough and a lot of guys around here have played this game long enough to know that the foundation has been set here.Defensive lineman Antonio Smith said Sparanos best trait was his ability to keep the team together through an 0-10 start. The Raiders played their best football late in a lost season and never showed signs of giving up on the field.Smith said without that leadership from Sparano, this team could have joined the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only teams ever to go winless in a 16-game season.Definitely. It could have easily went that way, Smith said. Oh, yeah. If everybody wouldnt have bought in, if he wouldnt have been able to relate to players enough to get them to buy in, it would have been exactly that.Left tackle Donald Penn praised Sparanos honesty, motivation and leadership and said it only would be fair to get a full season to show what he could do with his own team.You have to understand, he inherited somebody elses team, Penn said. If you give him an off-season to make his moves and bring in the guys he wants to bring and give him a year with his own team, a full year, I think he will make some changes and I think things will get better.___Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '