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With running back Ronnie Brown the latest starter out with injury, the patchwork Dolphins will face the Carolina Panthers in a little less than an hour.

Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown has decided to undergo surgery to repair a Lisfranc fracture in his right foot, two sources told The Miami Herald.

Factoid interesting perhaps only to me: For the first time this season the Dolphins and the Panthers will leave a game week with different results.

Joey Porter isn't the only Miami Dolphins starter who will watch Sunday's game in his civvies.

This is the first time all season the Miami Dolphins are picked as a heavy favorite to win a game.

With the Dolphins embracing a youth movement, it's only a matter of time before wide receiver Patrick Turner gets on the field.

MIAMI - Every so often, Dolphins wide receiver Patrick Turner will look down at his cellphone to another new text message from a friend, whether someone he knows from high school or college, always hitting him with the same question.

Starting with Paul Warfield in the early 1970s and progressing through Nat Moore, Mark Duper and Mark Clayton, O.J. McDuffie and even Chris Chambers, Miami always had at least one wideout who kept opposing defensive coordinators up at night.

Linebacker Channing Crowder and nose tackle Jason Ferguson are inactive for the Miami Dolphins against the New England Patriots.

The Dolphins have a lot of needs, but none perhaps so glaringly obvious as at wide receiver.

But what's the deal with Pat White and Patrick Turner ? The Dolphins were disappointed by White's erratic accuracy this summer, and though he has gotten better, White said more improvement is needed.

Despite playing less, Ted Ginn Jr. managed to provide more. The Dolphins' new challenge: How do you get the most out of Ginn? Miami Dolphins' Ted Ginn Jr.

Ted Ginn Jr. has been demoted after all. Miami Dolphins rookie Brian Hartline will replace his fellow Ohio State product as one starting wide receiver, according to the official changes announced before today's 1 p.m. game at the New York Jets .

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It's another gray game day at the Meadowlands, which has been the norm so far this season.

This isn't about draft position or the corresponding expectations anymore. It's not about which of the current Pro Bowl performers the Dolphins might have had, or stupid jokes about the manner in which his selection was presented by the prior regime.

There's no setting it right after a crucial coaching mistake helps to lose a game, but there's setting it straight.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 12:10 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Wide receiver Braylon Edwards #17 of the New York Jets makes a touchdown catch over cornerback Will Allen #25 of the Miami Dolphins at Land Shark Stadium on October 12, 2009 in Miami, Florida Doug Benc/Getty Images After getting torched by another great passing team, the Dolphins now head into two ...

Ronnie Brown, as patient with reporters as he is setting up his blocks, said there still are 10 games left and that the Dolphins have the chance to put themselves in a good position between now and the season's end.

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.

The Jets will be without CBs Lito Sheppard and Donald Strickland , along with QB Erik Ainge, CB Ahmad Carroll, LB Jamaal Westerman, OL Matt Slauson and DE Ropati Rtoitua.