FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:
1. Polk's progress: One day in the Patriots' locker room last week, rookie wide receiver Ja'Lynn Polk sat at his stall and welcomed a reporter for a chat. When it was finished, another reporter was waiting for a word.
Then came another after that. And when that conversation finished, another reporter walked over and said, "I'd like to be next in the car wash if you have time."
Polk obliged them all. Then when he was finished, he granted two more interviews to television reporters across the hall.