Does anyone know the stats on Polite in short yardage situations over the past 2 years? I want to say he converted something like 22/24 short yardage attempts... does anyone know the exact number?
From dolphinshout.com... not sure these are the official ones but, they had some stats: http://www.dolphinshout.com/2011/07/2011-miami-dolphins-key-role-player.html • 2008 – Handed the ball 12 times on 3rd, or 4th down and 1, and converted 11 of those attempts into first downs (92%) • 2009 – Given the ball 16 times in the same situation, and converted all of them (100%) • 2010 – In the same situation, dished the ball 15 times and converted 14 of them (93%) If these are accurate then that would make him 41/43 over the past 3 years and 30/31 over the past 2 years.
Legend has it that the football Gods invented the first down marker to keep Lousaka Polite from marching into infinity.
I think there in lies the quagmire... his first two years in the league he was also one heck of a blocker... something happened last year. I don't know what it was but his blocking fell off the charts. I remember him blocking the snot out of people in 2009 or was it 2008... which ever I do remember hearing his name and seeing replays of his blocking prowess prior to last year. That or I was imagining it, which will not discount.
