When the New England Patriots selected Ja’Lynn Polk in the second round of last year’s NFL Draft, they viewed him as a plug-and-play type of player.
It didn’t come remotely close to turning out that way, though.
Polk struggled mightily and didn’t help himself with the proclamation that he had the “best hands in the league,” which he couldn’t back up on the field. He caught just 12 passes on 37 targets for 87 yards with two touchdowns.
Like he did for the season as a whole, Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf shouldered some of the blame for Polk’s ineffectiveness.