Walsh is scheduled to meet with Goodell at the NFL offices in New York at 7:30 a.m. Afterward, he will travel to Washington to meet with Specter. Specter, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been critical of the NFL's handling of the investigation.

Goodell and Specter each plan to hold a news conference after meeting with Walsh.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick was fined $500,000, while the team was fined $250,000 and forced to forfeit its 2008 first-round draft choice. The Spygate investigation began after the NFL confiscated tapes from a New England employee who recorded the New York Jets' defensive signals from the sideline during the 2007 opener.

Last week, Walsh sent the NFL eight videotapes that showed the Patriots recording playcalling signals. The tapes included signals by coaches of five opponents in six games from 2000 to '02. The league said the tapes were consistent with what it already knew.

Walsh worked for New England from 1997 to 2003.

After more than 2 months of negotiations, lawyers for the league and Walsh finally agreed April 23 to terms that would allow him to talk with Goodell. They include an agreement by the Patriots not to sue Walsh and to pay his legal expenses and his airfare to New York from Hawaii, where he is now a golf pro.

Goodell has said that the Patriots could be subject to further sanctions if new information about previously unknown infractions arises.

Noteworthy

* Robbie Gould became the NFL's highest-paid kicker, agreeing to a 5-year, $15.5 million contract extension with the Chicago Bears that includes a $4.25 million signing bonus. The deal runs through 2013.

* Free agent running back Kevin Jones, a Cardinal O'Hara product, visited with New England last week, the NFL Network reported. Jones was released in March by Detroit and is still several months away from being ready to play after a torn ACL suffered late last season. *