22-year old undrafted rookie WR Marlon Moore out of Fresno State appears to have won the #4 WR job for the Dolphins.  He will be behind Brandon Marshall, Brian Hartline and Davone Bess so he likely won’t get much P.T. unless one of those guys gets hurt.  He has caught 5 passes for 74 yards (14.8 avg) and he has carried the ball 2 times for 13 yards (6.5 ypc) this pre-season for the Fins.  Moore’s making of the team continues to prove that hard work and determination can help you beat the odds.

The Dolphins have acquired 29-year old cornerback Benny Sapp from the Vikings for 28-year old WR Greg Camarillo.  Sapp played in all 16 games for the Vikings last season and he had 43 tackles, he defensed 6 passes and he forced 2 fumbles.  Sapp has now played in 86 games in his six years in the NFL and he has 168 tackles, 22 passes defensed, 2.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and he has 4 INTs.  Sapp will provide depth in the secondary and help out on special teams.  Greg Camarillo played in 16 games (all starts) for the Fins last season in which he caught 50 passes for 552 yards (11.0 avg).  He played three seasons for the Fins appearing in 42 games (27 starts) in which he caught 113 passes for 1,325 yards (11.7 ypc) with 4 TD grabs.  Camarillo had slid to #4 on the depth chart at WR so the Dolphins won’t likely miss him too much unless the guys that were ahead of him get injured.

The Dolphins have signed 34-year old guard Randy Thomas.  Thomas played in 2 games for the Redskins last season and he started both of them.  He has now played in 143 games (all starts) in his 11 years in the NFL.  The Dolphins needed some depth when Nate Garner went down and Thomas is more than capable of filling in while he is out of action.

UPDATE:  (8/25/2010) - The Dolphins have released Thomas.

The Dolphins will be without backup guard Nate Garner for at least the next 8 weeks due to surgery on his left foot.  He played in 16 games (8 starts) for the Fins last season.  The 25-year old, 6′7″, 325 pound Garner is important to the Dolphins’ offensive line so they hope he will be ready to return in 8 weeks.

UPDATE:  (8/31/2010) - The Dolphins have placed Nate Garner on I.R. ending his season.

The Dolphins must really like what they have seen out of 25-year old DE Ikaika Alama-Francis in practice as they have extended his contract through 2011 even though he didn’t play a down for the Fins in 2009.  Alama-Francis has played in 19 games (2 starts) in 2007 + 2008 with the Lions in which he had 35 tackles, 1 sack and he defensed 1 pass.