Ja’Lynn Polk had such a rough rookie season that the New England Patriots were willing to trade the 2024 second-round wide receiver after just one year.

But that one season wasn’t enough to scare off the New Orleans Saints, who acquired Polk on Saturday for a late-round pick swap.

“It’s (his) first year in the NFL,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said. “I’m not going to overreact to whatever happened in New England. There are some circumstances there. We liked him coming out and are excited for where he’s going.”

Moore said the Saints’ personnel did their research into Polk’s time in New England, as well as his path from high school to Texas Tech and Washington. Moore liked the wide receiver coming out of last year’s draft and that the team would “fall back” on the “evidence” it acquired ov

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