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Katherine TerrellSep 13, 2025, 01:02 PM ET
- Katherine Terrell came backmost to ESPN to screen the New Orleans Saints successful the summertime of 2022. She near the institution successful 2019 aft joining successful 2016 to screen the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is simply a postgraduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has covered the NFL since 2013.
The New Orleans Saints are trading for New England Patriots wide receiver Ja'Lynn Polk, a root confirmed to ESPN connected Saturday.
Polk, a 2024 second-round pick, is connected injured reserve with a enarthrosis injury.
The Saints volition person Polk and a 2028 seventh-round pick, portion the Patriots volition person a 2027 sixth-round pick.
Polk was selected 37th wide aft the Patriots had traded down 3 spots, giving up the No. 34 prime to the Los Angeles Chargers, who selected receiver Ladd McConkey.
The woody came backmost to haunt New England arsenic McConkey went connected to person a stellar rookie play and Polk struggled to emerge, peculiarly aft a Week 5 location nonaccomplishment to the Dolphins erstwhile what was initially ruled a touchdown to Polk precocious successful the 4th fourth was alternatively overturned connected replay to an incompletion erstwhile Polk didn't get his close bottommost down. The Patriots mislaid the game, 15-10.
With a caller coaching unit nether Mike Vrabel taking implicit successful 2025, Polk was successful jeopardy of not making the archetypal 53-man roster earlier sustaining a enarthrosis wounded that landed him connected injured reserve.
This is the 2nd wide receiver commercialized the Saints person made successful the past month. They acquired Denver Broncos wideout Devaughn Vele successful August. In return, Denver received a 2026 fourth-round prime and a 2027 seventh-round pick.
The Athletic archetypal reported connected the Saints' commercialized for Polk.
ESPN's Mike Reiss contributed to this report.
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