Leigh Bodden is rehabbing his injured shoulder and eager to join a young and upcomg Patriots secondary in 2011.

The cutdown deadline for NFL teams to reduce their rosters to 75 players passed at 4 p.m. EST, and was surrounded by a flurry of activity.

Wes Welker has been taking positive steps in his recovery from knee surgery, but that doesn’t include playing in Thursday night’s preseason opener against the Saints.

Free-agent CB Leigh Bodden visited the Texans but has decided to return to the Patriots, NFL Network’s Michael Lombardi reported Monday night.

Free-agent CB Leigh Bodden is visiting the Texans, according to a league source.

The Patriots, Texans and Steelers are all vying for free-agent CB Leigh Bodden, according to league sources.

The Patriots will face the Texans on Sunday without five starters.

As part of my 15-team training camp tour, I was able to take in a day of practices from the New England Patriots camp. Here are my 10 oberservations on Vince Wilfork, Joey Galloway and the rest of Bill Belichick‘s training camp.

The New England Patriots and veteran CB Leigh Bodden have agreed to a one-year contract for the veteran minimum of $750,000, a league source told NFL.com’s Vic Carucci.

The Detroit Lions announced that they have released six players: CB Leigh Bodden, TE Dan Campbell, OT Jon Dunn, WR Mike Furrey, G Edwin Mulitalo and S Dwight Smith.