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Patriots Offseason Begins // Stefon Diggs // Christian Gonzalez - 2-16 (Hour 1)

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Sports Hub Sunday Kickoff returns on February 15, 2026 and moves straight into offseason mode. Alex Barth and Saron open by noting the show is back to its normal two-hour rhythm after a wild few weeks, then set the day around what the Patriots do next. The tone stays local and conversational, with the hosts working through names, money, and football fit instead of trying to dress the discussion up. They start with the six unrestricted free agents and a couple of restricted names, with Jack Gibbons and Alex Austin framed as likely minimum-level tender candidates. From there, the hardest case is the edge rusher who arrived on a low-money prove-it deal and turned in a seven-and-a-half-sack season. The conversation follows his career arc, his age-27 season, and the possibility that he has become a useful secondary rusher rather than a true lead edge player. Money is the hinge point. They talk through a contract range that could begin around the low end and climb into the high teens or even the 20s if the market gets aggressive, while also noting that a deep draft could suppress the bidding. Their conclusion is practical: if the price gets too high, the Patriots may have to let him go and put those resources somewhere else. That same logic carries into the rest of the offseason framing, where the real question becomes who the Patriots are going to add and how many meaningful pieces they can put in place before the draft. The show also briefly touches the game on Sunday and uses that discussion to pivot back toward the offseason. A receiver tangent asks whether, in the right situation, a player could produce like a thousand-yard target, but the answer stays conditional and team-specific. The broader point is that the Patriots would need multiple moves to create that kind of environment. By the end, the episode is less about recapping football and more about mapping the next stretch of roster-building work.

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A brisk Patriots offseason debate that turns every name into a roster question.

This episode follows the Patriots through a messy stretch and keeps the focus on the offseason questions that actually matter: free agents, the pass rush, and what the roster can realistically afford.

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You want the Patriots offseason argument before the market starts moving.

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