Jan 13 2011 Vince Wilfork Patriots NFL Jets Rodney Harrison

FOXBORO â€" With the salvos fired from Florham Park, NJ by Antonio Cromartie and Shaun Ellis, there's been a lot of talk about trash-talking this week. But defensive captain Vince Wilfork spent a great deal of time Thursday talking about a former Patriot he considers the best leader he's ever been around -- Rodney Harrison. Harrison certainly was opinionated but -- unlike Cromartie and Ellis -- didn't make a habit of talking all the time. He chose his words carefully when he called someone out. But more often that not, he would call out his own teammates on the field before calling out an opponent. Harrison wanted his teammates to do the right thing at the right time when it counted. When Wilfork was a rookie on the 2004 Super Bowl champs, Harrison showed him the ropes. Later on -- Asante Samuel and Ellis Hobbs -- that leadership is defined by what you do in planning and execution more than what you say. To Wilfork, that was the best kind of leadership. "I think the one guy that stands out in my mind is Rodney Harrison," Wilfork said. "He played this game to a whole other level. I've never seen a guy who played this many years in the league and he goes out on the scout team for offense or he goes out on the scout team for a special teams period, just to give a look. It was easy when I saw that guy doing it. "It was like, 'You know what? He didn't talk much, he came to work.' He came to work and you know what? He's probably one of the best safeties to ever play the game and ...