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Have the Patriots Improved Since the Beginning of Free Agency - 3-15 (Hour 1)

·45 min

The show starts with a post-free-agency checkpoint. Barth and Battle open the Sunday program by sorting through the Patriots' busy week, the signings they made, and the moves they left on the board. The tone is upbeat. They say the team has people feeling better about where it is headed, even if the first few hours of free agency briefly made everyone wonder what was coming next. The first stretch leans offense. The hosts dig into the receiver room and treat it as a puzzle that looks more functional than it did a couple of years ago. Alec Pierce comes up early. They note that he was always going back to the Colts, so the miss is hard to fault. Romeo Doubs becomes the bigger hypothetical. The conversation treats him as a build-a-team addition, not a star chase. They like the fit. The comparison points are Brandon LaFell and Brandon Lloyd, both used as examples of useful outside receivers who helped the Patriots make plays. They also expect some internal growth from Kyle Williams. That, they say, would help the room settle into something more representative. They keep pushing the ceiling upward. An AJ Brown type is the shorthand for the leap from solid to truly dangerous, even if that is a much bigger swing than the Patriots are taking right now. Caller energy stays in the mix. The show invites listeners at 617-779-0985 and keeps the conversation open as it moves from one roster idea to the next. The hour closes by teeing up the defensive signings and the rest of the free-agency headlines for later in the program.

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Patriots free agency is framed as roster construction, with receiver comps carrying most of the point-making.

Sports Hub Sunday Kickoff treats Patriots free agency as a roster-building problem, with Alex Barth and Saron Battle laying out what New England added, what it passed on, and where the receiver room still needs help.

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