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Patriots training camp observations: Polk provides glimmer of hope originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
FOXBORO – The second day of Patriots training camp was light on highlights.
One reason? The workout schedule. They spent most of the 90-plus minutes doing dynamic stretching, positional drills and general fine-tuning before spending about 20 minutes in low-contact 11-on-11 scrimmaging.
The other reason? For the fifth straight summer, the Patriots are going through an offensive overhaul and — as we saw the past four summers — it’s a slow burn. To put it nicely. Until the team’s settled on who’s where, how well it can protect and who does what well, daily beatings by their proficient defense will continue.
Give ya something?
Fine. First rep in 11-on-11 for rookie quarterback Drake Maye. He dropped back, showed a little bit of the busy feet he’s working to clean up, then set them and ripped an accurate 15-to-18-yarder to Ja’Lynn Polk in the right seam. First-rounder to second-rounder. Interior throw on time.
That was the flashiest play of the day, ladies and gentlemen. Other than that, the completions for Maye and Jacoby Brissett were mainly check-downs. Slants, curls, digs. Throws the defense will give an offense. They just aren’t at the point where they can take what they want.
If and when they get there, Polk figures to be a part of it. The failures of highly-drafted Patriots receivers is legend. From Tyquan Thornton to N’Keal Harry all the way back to Chad Jackson and Bethel Johnson. Well-established. Polk, the second-rounder from Washington, seems the best bet to break the chain.
Why? He’s out there ALL the time with both the starters and the second team. I don’t know if any receiver has gotten more reps through minicamp and the first two days of camp than Polk. Also, he’s not befuddled. And he’s not getting up limping every other play.
Thornton, Harry, Jackson and Johnson all had SOMETHING redeeming in their games. What submarined them…
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Publish date : 2024-07-26 15:38:42
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