FOXBOROUGH – Temperatures around Gillette Stadium hovered around 35 degrees on Tuesday, but when you factored in the wind chill, it felt like an 18-degree day in Foxborough.

That’s why Mike Vrabel gave his veteran players the choice.

If they wanted, the team would practice inside their indoor facility to prepare for their Thursday night matchup against the New York Jets. However, Patriots veteran players voted ‘no’ and the team bundled up for a chilly Tuesday afternoon practice .

On Tuesday, Vrabel also revealed that he tried to cut a team meeting 25 minutes shorter to give players extra time to rest. Once again, veteran players asked not to cut any meeting time leading up to this matchup with a division rival.

The 8-2 Patriots don’t want to let up.

“I think it’s to not take sho

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