It didn’t take long for the Patriots to move on from wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk.
New England dealt away the 2024 second-round pick (No. 37 overall) after just one season in the NFL, with the Patriots trading the injured wideout to the New Orleans Saints (along with a 2028 seventh-round pick) on Saturday in exchange for a 2027 sixth-rounder.
It marks the end of a disastrous tenure for Polk in New England, and a brutal draft whiff for Eliot Wolf — given both where Polk was selected as a high second-round pick, as well as the several other game-changing talents who were still available at that stage of the draft, headlined by wideout Ladd McConkey (82 catches, 1,149 yards, seven touchdowns in 2024).