Somehow, every WR drafted is worst than the last.

[raduray]

Drake Maye visiting Ja'Lynn Polk

 

[Joey007]

Not what I would call explosive:

He wasn’t drafted for that though. He was drafted to make contested tight window catches and be a guy who wins with his routes.

He’s doing both of these things quite horribly. We’re left with a guy who’s absolutely useless.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Polk will become a good receiver. I think people should get off his case.

The biggest problem on offense yesterday was Pop being sick and only appearing briefly in the 1st half. With him at regular strength I think we may have been able to match Jacksonville score for score. Without him and down a WR throughout the game, we didn't have the weapons. Maye for much of the game was incredible given that and the OL instability.

The only thing is with pop’s size its going to be tough to imagine him not missing time here and there. So we really need bourne to get up to speed, it looks like he’s slowly improving a little each week. Pre injury last year he looked very good like he was about to break out. And we’ll need boutte, polk, or baker perhaps to become a more reliable target. At the moment pop and henry seem like the only ones who can get open.

These guys should be feasting with mayes ability to extend plays, sunday was pretty concerning given how bad jax secondary is. Hopefully it gets better as the season goes.

 

[borg]

LAR want a #2 for Kupp

Offering 'em Polk + a gallon of Stickum

 

[Pacific Coast Patriot]

I used to be against wasting a pick on a veteran, but now I really think we need to bring someone like Kupp, Hopkins and all the others we always miss out on, even if just for 1-2 years so these young punks have someone to learn how to be a pro from. All this social media high school drama, and lack of productivity aint it.

It will also help Drake immeasurably having a reliable vet, who also will be able to help him improve from a WR perspective.

Problem is enticing them to come here.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

LAR want a #2 for Kupp

Offering 'em Polk + a gallon of Stickum

A 55 gallon drum?

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

I used to be against wasting a pick on a veteran, but now I really think we need to bring someone like Kupp, Hopkins and all the others we always miss out on, even if just for 1-2 years so these young punks have someone to learn how to be a pro from. All this social media high school drama, and lack of productivity aint it.

It will also help Drake immeasurably having a reliable vet, who also will be able to help him improve from a WR perspective.

Problem is enticing them to come here.

What if we had Douglas, Boutte, McConkey, and Kupp? Good group with Henry and another TE. Hooper is not impressive.

 

[Toofy]

I think Boutte + Douglas + Henry is a pretty good group .

I have a strange feeling that tyquan will break out if we give him the opportunity. Van pelt just needs to go ballistic with call play. What do we have to lose. Just go with more creative call playsm let every game be our Superbowl .

Polk / baker will pan out . I think by end of season wr depth will be our strength and Lowe and brown will be entrenched as starters . We should be pleasantly surprised and optimistic with offense going into end of year.

Offense is seeing some upward trends .

 

[denverpatsfan]

I don't need to see Polk drop more passes. Give another player a chance. Polk can sulk on the bench or play for another team.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

baker needs to get himself out of wheelchair

 

[Ring 6]

I think Boutte + Douglas + Henry is a pretty good group .

I have a strange feeling that tyquan will break out if we give him the opportunity. Van pelt just needs to go ballistic with call play. What do we have to lose. Just go with more creative call playsm let every game be our Superbowl .

Polk / baker will pan out . I think by end of season wr depth will be our strength and Lowe and brown will be entrenched as starters . We should be pleasantly surprised and optimistic with offense going into end of year.

Offense is seeing some upward trends .

How many of the 31 teams do you think have worse than Boutte, Douglass, Henry?
Any?

 

[NashuaPats]

I used to be against wasting a pick on a veteran, but now I really think we need to bring someone like Kupp, Hopkins and all the others we always miss out on, even if just for 1-2 years so these young punks have someone to learn how to be a pro from. All this social media high school drama, and lack of productivity aint it.

It will also help Drake immeasurably having a reliable vet, who also will be able to help him improve from a WR perspective.

Problem is enticing them to come here.

I see your point, but I doubt our young receivers will learn much from a half season and whatever player we get isn’t going to be happy with the current situation. I’d rather give the young players as much playing time as possible to better evaluate them.

If we can pick up a good veteran in the offseason, great, but I don’t want to give up much draft capital for an older guy as we have so many positions to address.

 

[Pacific Coast Patriot]

I see your point, but I doubt our young receivers will learn much from a half season and whatever player we get isn’t going to be happy with the current situation. I’d rather give the young players as much playing time as possible to better evaluate them.

If we can pick up a good veteran in the offseason, great, but I don’t want to give up much draft capital for an older guy as we have so many positions to address.

Agreed. I'd even have Edelman come down and be a WR consultant and scream at them (I made that role up). Just anything to light a fire under them, on and off the field collectively has been shambolic.

 

[mikey m]

I'm not out on Polk yet. Unlike our previous bums, I think Polk has actually shown NFL ability. Despite the last few games, he showed good hands early on, he's shown he can get open at a decent rate, he showed decent moves after the catch. He just hasn't put it all together. Still early in his career and he may still do it. Would I bet on it? Probably not.

 

[VJCPatriot]

This is what I thought about Polk last year:

BEFORE THE DRAFT:

BGC 2024 WR/PTP Thread

I haven't really looked at Penix, but getting him and Odunze might not be the worst idea. They have 2 years of practice and game reps together, and it could be similar to a Burrow/Chase dynamic and the only somewhat realistic option for drafting a QB/WR combo besides Nix/Franklin. Polk and...

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My bust picks:

Who will be the major busts in this draft?

Keon Coleman looks like the new N'Keal Harry....but I have made this comparison before and been soooo wrong so take this with a grain of salt.

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Keon Coleman looks like a physical beast in the NFL. So... not exactly Miss Cleo.

I Still wish we had taken Pickens instead of twig physique Thornton! Pickens is top 10 in WR receiving yards this year and had 1140 yards and 5 TDs last season.

Here are the top 10 rookie WRs this year.



We did PASS on Ladd McConkey and trade down. So he's a fair comparison for what we could have had.

 

[Toofy]

Keon Coleman looks like a physical beast in the NFL. So... not exactly Miss Cleo.

I Still wish we had taken Pickens instead of twig physique Thornton! Pickens is top 10 in WR receiving yards this year and had 1140 yards and 5 TDs last season.

Here are the top 10 rookie WRs this year.



We did PASS on Ladd McConkey and trade down. So he's a fair comparison for what we could have had.

But we did not have QB for first 5 games.

I would give a pass to Polk for now. I think he has potential. Let him get his mental space sorted out. I am positive he will come good.

 

[upstater1]

Keon Coleman looks like a physical beast in the NFL. So... not exactly Miss Cleo.

I Still wish we had taken Pickens instead of twig physique Thornton! Pickens is top 10 in WR receiving yards this year and had 1140 yards and 5 TDs last season.

Here are the top 10 rookie WRs this year.

And yet Pittsburgh is talking about trading Pickens because he's too disruptive to the team. I seriously doubt this guy makes his 2nd contract. But that doesnt change the fact that Pickens is much better than Tyquan

 

[Boomer B]

Patriots WR Draft Management

2006: Trade up to 36th overall. Draft Chad Jackson. Pass up on Greg Jennings

2009: 3rd round. Draft Brandon Tate over Mike Wallace. Wallace is drafted with very next pick.

2010: 3rd round. Draft Taylor Price. Pass up on Golden Tate in 2nd round.

2012: Draft Jake Bequette over TY Hilton.

2013: 2nd round. Drafted Aaron Dobson, passing up on Keenan Allen.

2014: Draft a backup QB in 2nd round, pass up on Jarvis Landry who is selected with very next pick.

2017: First selection in 3rd round Draft Derek Rivers. Pass up on Chris Godwin, who is selected with very next pick.

2018. Two first round picks. Pass up on DJ Moore and Calvin Ridley.

2019. Draft N’Keal Harry at 32 overall. Pass up on AJ Brown, DK Metcalf, Terry McLaurin, and Deebo Samuel.

2020. Trade down from 23 to 37. Pass up on Brandon Aiyuk, Tee Higgins, and Michael Pittman.

2022. Trade up to 2nd round draft Tyquan Thornton. Pass up on George Pickens who is selected with very next pick.

2023: Pass up on Zay Flowers and Jordan Addison in round 1.

Draft Keion White in round 2, pass up on Jaylen Reed and Rashee Rice.

2024:

Draft Ja’Lynn Polk.

 

[VJCPatriot]

The Patriots drafting at WR is historically AWFUL. I can't think of a worse 20+ year stretch of missing At WR over and over and over again!

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Polk (aka harry jr.) is the biggest mistake of the 2024 draft.
We fix the offensive line in free agency and draft hunter first overall and we should be better in 2025.