Expecting firewords from the Patriots at the NFL trade deadline? Maybe don’t, after listening to Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo speak on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Monday morning.

Even after trading outside linebacker Joshua Uche to the Chiefs last week, Mayo downplayed the deadline, which is Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 4 p.m. ET.

“This isn’t baseball. In baseball, you have big-name players going to other teams. I would say historically, even as a player and now as a coach, the trade deadline is a bunch of hype,” Mayo said. “It’s a bunch of hype. Who’s going to move a starting quarterback to another team right now? Who’s going to move a starting left tackle? It rarely happens.”

Mayo is right that starting quarterbacks are typically traded during the offseason, not in November. But the Vikings acquired starting left tackle Cam Robinson in a trade with the Jaguars last week. So, starting-caliber players are moved.

The Patriots have already been sellers. If they choose to buy at the deadline, it would likely have to be a young player offering them something in the future, not just as a one-year rental. The team has needs at nearly every position but quarterback.