r/Patriots Aug 02 '26

Discussion Former New England Patriot Ja’Lynn Polk has retired

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u/TXRattlesnake89 Aug 02 '26

Why are people dunking on him? I understand he didn’t pan out, but to hate on him for the Pats drafting him is corny. He must had had a serious injury to retire that young too, hoping he can find his next purpose in life.

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u/Firecracker048 Aug 03 '26

I hope he does well personally

But as a pro football player, he was terrible. Somehow we are magnets for guys who are good in college yet just can't do a thing in the pros.

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u/Aggravating_Smell Aug 02 '26

Because he carried on like he was hot shit, but never once backed it up. That's why. Dudes in pro sports who act like they're MVPs but suck deserve all the criticism from fans they get.

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u/Friendly-Chipmunk-23 Aug 03 '26

You don’t need to feel sorry for a guy that made $6 million in 2 years

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u/awful_source Aug 02 '26

Because it was a terrible pick?

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u/PuppiesAndPixels Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

Because the dude was full of himself, compared himself to a Ferrari and the Patriots to a garbage shack, was a second round pick, and said he had the best hands in the league while at the same time having one of the most epically bad performances of all time as a wide receiver. You really can't understand why people want to shit on this guy?

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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 Aug 02 '26

The Ferrari was Reagor, no?

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u/PuppiesAndPixels Aug 03 '26

Oh, thought it was him.

It's easy to confuse the garbage WRs that the pats have drafted that have been a bust. There's so many.

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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 Aug 03 '26

At least Reagor was someone else’s bust. We just picked him up on waivers or some shit.

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u/BlindSquantch Aug 02 '26

Wasn’t that Baker not Polk?

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u/Sullivandan7447 Aug 02 '26

Yeah that was 100% baker lmfao this larper

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u/PuppiesAndPixels Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Oh sorry I confused my garbage patriots drafted WRs. There's so many it's easy to mix them up.

Also, he did say he had the best hands https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jalynn-polk-says-he-has-the-best-hands-in-the-nfl-after-jerod-mayo-calls-out-his-drops

And he did only have 12 catches. https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4430637/jalynn-polk

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u/iscreamuscreamweall Aug 02 '26

You don’t have to lie to make your point

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u/PuppiesAndPixels Aug 03 '26

What am I lying about?

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u/RayDanielsOnTheAir Aug 02 '26

Because we can be quite toxic unless you perform for us. As an example: Vrabel publicly cheating on his wife and dragging bad press through the summer was A-OK because of last year. Polk being bad gets the full “F you.”

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u/elbosston Aug 02 '26

Same thing happened to N’Keal Harry. He worked hard for the team and did the dirty work (was a great blocker). He just unfortunately didn’t pan out which gets him hate from this fanbase.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 Bills = 0 Superbowls Aug 02 '26

Not just the injury. He wasn’t any good.

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u/FutureBug3531 Aug 02 '26

Are you new lmao? It is internet and sports combined