You shouldn't expect the Patriots to make a trade for a wide receiver before the NFL trade deadline.

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has indicated as much with his prior commentary on New England's trade deadline approach , and more recently with his sentiments of third-round rookie Kyle Williams.

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"I'm excited that he'll probably get an opportunity here, a little greater opportunity going forward," Vrabel said of Williams some 24 hours before Tuesday's 4 p.m. ET deadline.

Even the potential absence of wide receiver Kayshon Boutte won't cause the Patriots to make a move at wide receiver, it seems. Boutte is day-to-day with a hamstring injury. The third-year wideout, who's in the midst of a career campaign, suf

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