Just about everybody feels the Patriots should add before the NFL trade deadline.

New England sits atop AFC East and will enter Week 8 in second place in the conference , after all. At this point, Drake Maye and a schedule featuring the league's cellar dwellers could lead to a double-digit win total.

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What position(s) the Patriots will target before the deadline is a bit more complex, though.

Based on some of the latest reporting from NFL insiders like The Athletic's Dianna Russini, Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer as well as Josina Anderson, it sounds like New England will look to bolster its defense .

"To me, it's defense," Russini said on the Next Pats Podcast released Friday. "If New England is pi

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