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Welcome to the game-day roster, Chris Clemons . Not only did the rookie safety out of Clemson get a boost from his alma mater's overtime upset of the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday, Clemons has finally made his way onto the Miami Dolphins ' 45-man roster for today's home matchup against high-powered New Orleans.

Another reason to dislike the Jets: I'm driving south on I-95 at 5:30 and suddenly the traffic just stopped cold, parking-lot style.

Just came back from the media availability at this morning's practice. They started off in the bubble, then switched to the outside fields.

Rookie quarterback Pat White was listed as the Miami Dolphins' backup quarterback for Monday night's game against the Indianapolis Colts.

These 12 players are on the fringe of making the Miami Dolphins' 53-man roster, and coach Tony Sparano has said he has about eight or 10 tough decisions to make regarding the team's final spots.

What kind of a night was this for the Miami Dolphins ' pass rushers? The kind of night when 300-pound linemen could get into a would-be dance contest.

It's been prettythick in Dolphins-land lately,and I'm not just talking about the bodies on the Williams sisters, Stephen Ross' new "limited partners." The battles are brewing, and Tony Sparano said every day he goes home and puts his head on the pillow he's got a new roster breakdown of how the Dolphins' 53-man roster will shake out.

Will Allen , Jake Long, Jason Taylor , Ted Ginn Jr . and Channing Crowder . From my viewpoint, those are the top five performers in Dolphins training camp so far, and yes it's in order.

A cheer went up among the Dolphins' defense when 305-pound defensive end Randy Starks ran down running back Patrick Cobbs at the sideline during this afternoon's practice.

Will Allen , Jake Long, Jason Taylor , Ted Ginn Jr . and Channing Crowder . From my viewpoint, those are the top five performers in Dolphins training camp so far, and yes it's in order.

That is due to the youth of the starting defensive ends, Kendall Langford and Phillip Merling.

Randy Starks was back at his normal spot bowling over offensive lineman in search of running backs at Thursday's organized training activity session.

Disappear for a week and the AFC East goes nuts. Not just honey roasted planters nuts, but stray jacket, rubber walls nuts.

About this time last year defensive end Phillip Merling was getting pushed around plenty during Miami Dolphins practices.

Jun 3, 2009 9:32 am US/Eastern "I thought Kendall put together a really solid year for us last year.

Miami Dolphins defensive end Randy Starks was back at his normal spot bowling over offensive lineman in search of running backs at Thursday's organized training activity session.

Twitter Clearing out the notebook of lots of good stuff Hopeful Dolphins fans believing the Dolphins could still find a starting-caliber nose tacklein Paul Soliai may have been dealt a two-fisted setback this week.

You don't judge a draft by how many players are ready to start in their first year.

The Dolphins didn't draft any defensive linemen over the weekend but they did sign college free agent defensive end Ryan Baker of Purdue, according to his agent.