Welcome to the Friday Five!

Each week during the NFL regular season, I’ll drop five Patriots-related thoughts on Friday to recap the week that was in Foxboro and look ahead to kickoff.

Ready, set, football.

The Patriots will pull their bats out, but I don’t expect them to swing for the fences ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline.

Think bunts and singles. Maybe a double, if they can connect.

Mike Vrabel offered yet another reminder Wednesday he won’t rush his long-term vision for the franchise when asked about trading away players while the Patriots are on a five-game win streak.

“Again, I’ll remind you, we’re eight games into what we feel like is a program that we want to build, and we have to continue to find ways to improve, figure it out and get it right. And that’s all we’re trying

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