Patriots surprising release veteran safety Jabrill Peppers & with star corner Christian Gonzalez's lingering hamstring injury. Mike Vrabel's defense has a lot of uncertainty heading into the season opener vs the Raiders. 98.5 The Sports Hub Patriots reporter Alex Barth joins Annabelle Hasselbeck & Khalin Kapoor to address all the issues around the Patriots defense, along with why New England wasn't willing to make a blockbuster deal to bring in Micah Parsons.

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