28-year old fullback Lousaka Polite has carried the ball 12 times for 28 yards (2.3 ypc) and he has also caught 3 passes for 17 yards (5.7 avg).  Those numbers are not impressive but Polite does a lot of work without the ball in his hands.  Polite is a crushing lead blocker in the running game and he is a big reason that the Fins are averaging 170.3 yards rushing per game.  He is like having an extra lineman in the backfield and he gets a five yard head start when he wants to hit someone.

35-year old OLB Jason Taylor just didn’t look right last season in a Washington Redskins’ uniform.  He even knew that coming back to the Dolphins on a discount (just over $1 million bucks) and he’s back to being his old self.  He has played in all 6 games for the Dolphins this season and he has 16 tackles, he has defensed 2 passes, has 5.5 sacks and he has forced 2 fumbles.  Taylor does not appear to be slowing down any and the Dolphins need him to keep up the good work rushing the passer.

Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams are the leading men in the running game for the Dolphins that is averaging 177.0 yards rushing per game and 4.8 yards per carry.  Brown has been outstanding as he has been the QB most of the time in the Wildcat Formation.  He has carried the ball 93 times for 443 yards (4.8 ypc) with 6 TD runs already this season.  He has also caught 9 passes for 64 yards (7.1 avg) out of the backfield.  Brown even has thrown 2 passes this season completing 1 of them for 21 yards.  Ricky Williams looks like he has been swimming in the Fountain of Youth this season.  He has carried the ball 61 times for 316 yards (5.2 ypc) with 2 TD runs.  He has also caught 11 passes for 132 yards (12.0 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Brown and Williams are a lethal combination for the Dolphins.

The Dolphins’ offense looked really good with Chad Henne behind the controls last Monday Night.  He has a much better arm than Chad Pennington which allows the Fins’ to stretch the field.  If teams start to sneak up to stop Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams the Dolphins now have a QB that can make them pay over the top.  Henne has completed 44 of 67 passes (65.7%) for 448 yards with 3 TD passes and only 1 interception (93.4 QB Rating).  With the Dolphins having an outstanding running game and a solid defense that will allow Henne to not have to be great every week to lead the team to victory.