And the person who said that a player that is useless because all he can do is get one yard is shown exactly how useful one yard can be in the very first regular season game. MIA was at the NE 1 TWICE in that game and came up with 3 points.
Do you really want to defend the decision to keep Jason Trusnik over Lou Polite? How about Will Yeatman? Do you think Dante Rosario would have been snapped up by another team if MIA had cut him, or would he be sitting on his couch just like Polite?
The plain and simple fact of the matter is that on a team with FIVE F'ING TIGHT ENDS, and a multi-million dollar OL from a head coach that supposedly specializes in the offensive line, MIA was completely ineffective at the goal line. I said Sparano would regret it if it came down to the team needing one yard, and the team needed one yard at the goalline twice and failed both times. At the very minimum, putting Polite in the game would have freed up our receivers.
You people are assuming too much with Polite. You assume if he was on the team you know what the playcalling would have been. You ASSUME for the first time in 3+ years Polite is on the field near the goaline and would get the ball. And you ASSUME you know what the Daboll would call for a play.
You are making HUGE leaps and assumptions. We gave up 600 yards, Polite or not we aren't beating New England. Some of you people are ignoring the big picture. Like ignoring the titanic sinking and looking at the ruined deck chairs. It's downright silly.
Once again, if Polite is so good and so automatic, how come nobody has signed him? How come Miami hasn't re-signed him like they did with Will Allen? The front office admitted a mistake there and corrected it.
What some of you fail to realize is 32 teams are feeling the same way and Polite can't play in this league!! I almost hope we do re-sign him now, so when we do get the ball down by the goalline and he is on the bench and Henne is in a shotgun again I want to see your heads explode!!
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