The Patriots are buying and selling vast receiver Ja’Lynn Polk and a 2028 seventh-round decide to the Saints for a 2027 sixth-rounder, a supply confirmed to the Herald’s Doug Kyed.
Polk was positioned on season-ending injured reserve this summer season after he sustained a shoulder harm within the Patriots’ preseason opener.
The previous second-round decide ends his New England tenure after recording simply 12 catches, 87 receiving yards and two touchdowns final 12 months. He additionally had 4 drops. Polk began seven of 15 sport appearances in one of many worst statistical seasons for a rookie receiver in recent NFL history.
In a December interview with the Herald, Polk nonetheless expressed confidence in his skill to rebound.
“I’m 1,000 p.c assured in myself and my skill and what I’m in a position to do,” Polk stated. “I work very onerous, and I acquired nice religion in my good lord. So, there’s no query about my confidence. It’s simply ready on my time, ready on my flip and figuring out that it’s going to come back and simply being prepared.”
A month later, Patriots government vice chairman of participant personnel Eliot Wolf informed FOX Sports activities the group put an excessive amount of on Polk’s plate as a rookie and believed he would make a right away impression.
“The rookie receivers didn’t have it actually that a lot for us,” Wolf said. “And, you understand, Polk was kind of in our estimation a plug-and-play. … In the end, to reply to your query, our report speaks for itself. We didn’t do sufficient.”
Sources later recommended Polk had struggled mentally as a rookie, unable to recuperate from drops and different errors.
Earlier this week, Polk recommended on social media he was open to a commerce.
The 23-year-old entered this season on the bubble beneath new coach Mike Vrabel. He was one among 5 remaining picks from Wolf’s debut draft class final 12 months, together with quarterback Drake Maye, offensive lineman Caedan Wallace, offensive guard Layden Robinson and cornerback Marcellas Dial Jr. Robinson and Dial are at the moment on IR.
The Athletic’s Dianna Russinni first reported Polk’s commerce to New Orleans.
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