Patriots draft Washington WR Ja’Lynn Polk with the 37th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft 

To quote a phrase, "The negativity in this place SUCKS!"

And he doesn't drop. His drop/catch ratio is amazing! 8 drops in four years of College.

My favorite thing is people calling someone that runs 4.5 slow 😂 most people saying this couldnt even run a 5.0. And people act like a 40 yard is the same as playing in game speed. Anyone that has played ball understands the difference. Give this man a chance he hasnt even played a down yet 😂

I think Polk is gonna be a Star hes gonna make people eat their words😎

Y’all haters keep the same energy when Polk starts balling. Don’t switch up!

We need a number 1

Awesome pick and love his toughness and attitude catching the ball.

This kid is gonna amaze a lot of NE fans. Polk the defense in the face all the way down the field. I see him as a possession receiver with great yak capability in the NFL. Don't sleep on Polk, he is a DOG!

Now they have to draft Malik Washington at 103 tomorrow

Floor= Robert Woods Ceiling= Dez Bryant

The fact these casual ass Patriots fans complaining about Polk is a number 2 while in the same breath complaining about skipping McConkey, who is also a number 2 is hilarious 😂😂

My NFL comp for Polk is Davante Adams - very similar size and athletic profile, with Polk actually being a bit faster and significantly more explosive in the 40 than Adams. The first time I watched Polk run his routes, Adams jumped in my mind as a comp - neither of them is a burner and they don't create separation thru sheer speed but rather thru sudden change in direction. One can sort of see the Packers connection in the evaluation of Polk as a prospect. We can nitpick if Polk would have been available later in the 2nd round but he is a good player, who came in a bit underrated in this draft class, imo.

We needed a LT NOT A RT🤦

Y'all want Tee Higgins and he's never been a GREAT #1, and y'all wanna trade for him and PAY him for what he's never been? We just got a potential X receiver at 22 years old on a rookie contract. He is versatile and has the MOST talent in the WR room, immediately. He is an elite pass catcher in college. Nobody on our roster catches as well as he does. Also, he's proven to be the 2nd best receiver on one of the better offenses for a finalist of the CFP. Had over 1000 yards and 9 TDs UNDER Adunze. His production, for where he was on the depth chart, is dumb. Also, quit acting like some of the BEST receivers in the NFL don't run 4.5 40s. He has the highest athletic grade of ANY WR we have. He is every bit of an upgrade.

BB pointed to Drake not wanting to throw when receivers don't have separation. Now they draft someone that doesn't create separation. Not sure how this will work.

It's going to take time to rebuild

I love this pick, I think he can be a 1.

I feel like I'm in the twilight zone! 😂 For 20 years, we unanimously agreed that Tom Brady made players. For 20 years, Tom Brady "had no weapons". Now all the sudden, we don't have this all pro QB, we have a decent receiver room?? We have TEN WR3's. Bourne is great but he's a 2 at best. Poor Douglas could be a great slot but he's so undersized he may never play more than 10 games his whole career and he's sure as hell not a WR2. Juju at best is a good slot but unless he gets some effort back in him, he's gonna go out in week 4 with turf toe and collect a check! Hakeem Nicks was a similar player to Polk imo. Strong hands, really solid catcher and went at the end of the 1st. Unless you can run a route, you're in trouble. Henry is a decent TE but Hooper is less than that and we still need a 3rd guy to make it through the season. Same situation at RB, great starter but no depth. I'm a big fan of Brissett, I wanted to keep him over Jimmy Glass but he's not Brady and he's not going to elevate these guys beyond what they were 2 years ago. They need to shell out for an x receiver or they're sub 6 wins this year without a doubt in my mind (christ I hope I'm wrong). Really 7 or 8 of these guys would be great any established offense but here they're wasted. That's not even getting into the o line. Also those Packers receivers had Aaron Rodgers! Adams in LV with Jimmy Glass was terrible! 😂

everyone is saying that he's not a " first round guy", but at #37 that is basically still the first round. why not draft a bona-fide #1 quality O lineman? seems to me that Ja'lynn is a good #3-5 round player. slightly disappointed with this pick.

They need a number 1. Trade or however they can. 49ers or bemgals

Take a drink for every time Phil Perry says "4.5" in this segment.

I like Polk a lot. Watched many of his games at UW. Solid receiver with good hands. However, I didn’t see him as a 2nd round pick.

What I find funny is how everyone seems to know everything. Was anyone excited when they drafted Brady? Hell Hill was drafted in the 5th round. No one knows how any player works out. Speed is great but so does durability, smarts etc. Let things play out then you can lose your minds.

The only thing I can hope for is the following: 1. They bit the bullet on JuJu Smith-Schuster and eat his salary (he and we need a clean slate). 2. They make a trade for a true #1 X WR (my hope is Tee Higgins: he is tall and has not been able to X in Bengals offense with Chase). We need to add salary to meet minimum salary cap requirements. Look for a future security move to use this cap space also (Barmore long term agreement incoming).

I want tez walker.

I don’t live in the area so I don’t get to watch this stuff, but man I’d love to hear James White talk Pats football often. I know he keeps it a buck

Keep it up. The 2024 WR group is not going to be dissimilar from 2023.

Kinda plays like a prime Dez Bryant Similar measureables too

Bears picked up a few experienced receivers... hope we can get one guy

Hoping he becomes a star...Patriots fan

Aj brown was seen as a 2. Justin Jefferson was seen as a 2. Polk can be a 1

He’s replacing Parker , he has a Bourne mentality, we gonna be very surprisingly good

Welcome To Foxboro. Touch Down Polk. Super Bowl game? 🏈 Maye Tp Polk

I had burritos for dinner 😎

Ayuik and devante adams all ran a 4.5

Polk is a great pick up welcome to New England!!!!!

He said we would of had 2 first round picks next year but one was already ours so they was only giving 2 this yr and 1 next yr and wanted to switch picks this yr so they was trying to fleece us😮

So they’ll be good enough if they have gronk? Unfortunately we don’t have gronk so I guess they aren’t good enough

I wanted Mitchell from UT

AD Mitchell was available and they didn’t take him. Convince me this isn’t nkeal harry 2.0 please. I’m sick of wr that can’t separate from coverage.

Don't forget we got kj Osborne

I understand we have always had a bunch of number 2 and 3 wr but we could do that we had Tom Brady. Get Drake Maye a number 1!!!!!!!

Polk is a solid pick.. IDK wtf people are talking about on here, they don't know what they are saying..

Great not a number 1 projection when there were Wr1 potential guys available. Just what we need a “solid” which means average-good ceiling guy at best. This was honestly a waste of a top 2 pick if you are going for need and not major difference maker

40 times can be overrated. There are multitudes of great receivers past and present with 40 times the same or slower than Polk.

hope he is like steve smith,

polk is consistent 🤌🏼 might not be the greatest but he can do everything

If I was the pats GM we would have drafted AJ brown Amon ra st brown and many other impact players along the line I had us trading up for Sam Laporta in early round 2 last year. I’m not mad at the Polk pick but the tackle seems like a reach to me we could have picked a solid tackle in beginning of round 2 then traded up for Polk In Late round 2 that tackle pick seemed like a Bill pick to me WTF hope he works out looks to slow to me for a LT in NFL

Unfortunately I wanted MITCHELL but if turns out good then great but we do need a #1 honestly, everyone can’t play the same role because they won’t grow at all

Ja'Lynn Polk is a 425ft homerun. Now 86 Thorton and Ju Ju then replace with Brendon Rice and Bub Means. The problem is with the 70% of idiot pole taking Pat fans that think the Polk pick has a C or worse grade.

Damn I love that pic. Polk is so good

Polk had more production than Mitchell on a team stacked at receiver.

I think this is a B pick rather than an A or a C ... Hes more of a contested catch deep guy and he was probably the best of what was left in the draft...they must have had intel that he was gonna end up going soon otherwise am sure they would have traded back again...people are complaining that he aint a WR1 for Maye but its unlikely that Maye will be starting this year so wait till next year and take a WR1 with your first round pick...

Absolutely FAILED day 2. I went from hopeful and happy to discouraged,confused and pissed off in 24 hrs. Looks like a 5 yr plan now. Wtf

Jalen Dabore said he was the leader in the locker room not Rome he is an alpha dog

Good pick because this is what Drake Maye is used to. Drake Maye played with a bad receiving corp at UNC that never got separation. Plus he's gotta learn to throw into tight windows so the Pats don't want to draft an athlete that could give him some wide-open throws.

i really like stevenson but no way are the patriots paying him. they never pay rb's :(

😂 leave it to Tom to bring up Mac. Move on 😂

We’re spending more than 10 seconds talking about Tyquan Thornton? What r we doin here fellas?

You cant get polk open deap against nfl corners.definiely not deep down the sideline

Another JAG WR when we have no offensive line.

Well now we really need to go for a real WR1 it is absurd how this team keeps getting unathletic/SLOW WR when everyone has a burner who can CATCH and make plays

Amari Cooper comp?

man I’m so sick and tired of these wr2s, when tf we actually gonna get a wr1 who can SEPARATE, if u can’t spread the defense nothing opens up

We dont need an X right now. We need an X when our qb is ready to go i like the move. Build o line and Wr depth build it again next year and when our guy is ready then we can trade to get a star or hit next years FA market with the cap we got left

Great day 2! A 3rd round wr in the 2nd and a 5th round tackle in the 3rd. What a joke.

We are excited about drafting the 3rd receiver on a college team?

first big mistake-huge slow reach!another devante parker!

I glad we got Polk we building rmb I’m pretty sure if we suck next year Wr 1 then Oline second rd so now we have Polk 2# Wr 1 A better Oline nd Oline for last year draft and a new Qb then you heading in a new direction yawl so slow we not drafting to be good rn we building to be good year 2 too year 3

If the bills didn't take mitchell dont bitch about the pats not taking him clearly there is a reason hes slipping i like polk he has the potential to be a thousand yard receiver he already proved that great pick hes a guy i wanted in the 2nd. Texas staff already told teams that Mitchell is arrogant and is hard to coach and goes rogue im games

Lets get drakes homie tez walker to fill out wide receiver

REACH

We gave away McConkey at 34 to grab another "dawg" who will compete for "jump balls", "strong hands", and good for the "culture". This team will pick in the top 5 again next year only to repeat this inability to ever draft a true wr1 so say hello to Tyquon Thornton 2 and more years of 1 pm game times. It's just draft insanity

I’m telling you, this team has the *_potential _* to: compete for the East, finish the regular season with a respectable record and should all go well with the staff reaching the hearts and minds of these young kids, they can make the postseason. This team has improved and they were a touchdown or less away Deion so many came they could have easily finished 12-5/13-3. With that shitty season…

Why 37 and not 34? How talented is he?

If you wanna know what type of wr we got put on the tape he's Brandon Aiyuk!! great hands, tough down field, ball focus...sure his speed isn't there but put him with juju Bourne Douglas kj Thornton!! So it's enough give maye some running lanes or beat linebackers across the middle!!! Think we still need another wr or running back...FA you can get lineman!!!

Thornton will be cut before training camp is over

If BB drafted this guy they'd be crucifying him right now.

He’s literally Jakobi meyers.. we need a burner.. Thorton ain’t it.. Troy Franklin would have been better..

Thornton never got play time or reps because the patriots wanted to waste time on juju and the always hurt and slow Parker Juju sucks and needs to go. Give Thornton the play time

Why why not ADONAI Mitchelle smh why why smh

3rd round talent at top of 2nd rnd, Patriots have become a bad joke without Brady to save them. Sad.

Looks like nkeal harry

Skill players are terrible they had the kids from Georgia. Perfect it fell. They screwed it up.

What sucks is miser Kraft holding back 50 million in cap. He’s an ass

Tyquan Thornton 2.0 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Who that 😂😂😂

Juju, bourne, pop douglas, ja lynn polk. Actually looks good. Get 1 more #1 wr n we will dominate once maye is ready. Hunter henry. Possible boutte

So glad they got a Jacob Mayers replacement

Ladd McConkey fell to them and they traded out plus didn’t take the best WR available. They’ll regret passing on mccconkey

IMO this off-season has been basically garbage. Unless Maye is a complete stud we are screwed. We had all that money and high picks and so far the freaking Super Bowl winning KC chiefs with worse picks and less money have had a better offseason. Make that make sense. Someone show me how with all that damn money and 3 picks in the top 60 this team is any freaking better. Pathetic.

Kraft don’t wanna pay. Cheap old miser. It’s costing us badly. We always settle. Fck culture we need to win. This isn’t a corporate job

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F? People are so miserable dude

Polk was a moron pick. We could have had Mitchell or McConkey. We dont need a sliw slot receiver that wasnt even the best wideout on his team.then he drafted a TE that cant block.500yrds is his career high

What do you expect with a clueless Rookie Head coach who is also the GM.

The negative patriot fans are beyond cringe. Tired of being associated with these clowns

Will we ever draft a numbwr 1 smh

Another slow #2 receiver. AD Mitchell sitting there a true X receiver, take a chance. What do I have to loose. Not rocket science. Bad pick.

Please stop! Thornton is a bust pick.