{"id":75407,"date":"2025-08-09T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T10:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75407"},"modified":"2025-08-09T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T10:08:17","slug":"patriots-weapon-suffers-poorly-timed-injury-in-preseason-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=75407","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Weapon Suffers Poorly-Timed Injury In Preseason Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/resizer\/v2\/HOAKWMDLYJHJJFS5WTDK6ZZM24.jpg?auth=81f01c6e147697da790129c1761594f9e04cf0ffc8325fb6db57745de9c21bb1&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90\" alt=\"Ja'Lynn Polk blocks out tough start to Patriots career - masslive.com\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Ja&#8217;Lynn Polk went down with a familiar injury Friday<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleHeaderDetails\">\n<p>Keagan Stiefel 8 Hours Ago1 Min Read<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div><main id=\"mainContent\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-2042535\">\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->New England Patriots wide receiver Ja\u2019Lynn Polk seems to be snakebitten.<\/p>\n<p>Polk, who missed the beginning of training camp while recovering from offseason shoulder surgery, was dealt a brutal blow as he seemingly injured the same shoulder on his first touch in Friday\u2019s preseason opener against the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>Polk was looking to gain the edge on a carry in the red area, and was dragged down directly on the previously-injured shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Mike Reiss reported the second-year wide receiver, with a towel over his head, was taken to the locker room for further evaluation before halftime. The Patriots didn\u2019t issue an immediate update.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as poorly-timed an injury possibly could be. Polk was hoping to put a rough rookie season behind him, but hadn\u2019t really separated himself from the competition within the wide receiver room across a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>New England will now have to make a decision on what is best, with a trip to season-ending injured reserve seemingly on the table.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots saw a young wide receiver go down with an injury during Friday&#8217;s preseason opener against the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":75408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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