FOXBORO — Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel downplayed the significance of the Patriots’ 4-2 record and how that might impact their aggressiveness ahead of next month’s NFL trade deadline.

The deadline comes after Week 9, on Nov. 4. With upcoming games against the 1-5 Titans, 1-5 Browns and 3-2 Falcons, their record could look even more impressive by that date.

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“I don’t know if that has a bearing on it,” Vrabel said Wednesday. “I think we’ll just continue to try to strengthen the roster each and every day. Sometimes those are small moves, maybe bigger ones. But I don’t think that, right now, those conversations are centered around what our record is currently. I don’t think that that’s something that really bears into it.

“We’re building something. And if any of those th

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