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Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham

DAVIE, Fla. -- Plenty of pointed questions have been directed at Miami Dolphins receivers.

How in the world did Greg Camarillo become the go-to guy?

When is Ted Ginn going to start making an impact?

Why did Ernest Wilford get paid $6 million guaranteed to be a spectator?

But as NFC South reporter Pat Yasinskas pointed out with a league rundown compiled by Stats Inc., the Dolphins are the only NFL team without a dropped pass through four weeks. Not bad for a unit that was called out by their head coach early in training camp because they weren't catching the ball.

"I didn't even know that," said Camarillo, who's tied with tight end Anthony Fasano for the team lead with 11 catches. "That's something to be proud of."

The Dolphins, coming off a bye, have played only three games. But five teams that have played four games have fewer receptions that the Dolphins, whose 61 catches rank 24th. They average 32 pass attempts per game, ranking them 16th in that category.

Even more impressive is that Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington, the most accurate passer in NFL history for quarterbacks with more than 1,500 attempts, didn't join the team until Aug. 9.

"He's got good touch on it, and it's always in the right place," Camarillo said. "It's always away from the defender. It's never a difficult catch. He does a great job of anticipating where you're going to be and puts it in the right spot."

Right before the Dolphins traded for Pennington, head coach Tony Sparano put his receivers on public notice because they weren't making catches.

On Aug. 5, four days before their preseason opener, the Dolphins dropped 10 passes in practice. On Aug. 6, the receivers had another bad day, prompting Sparano to come unglued.

"We go to the game and we don't catch the ball? I can get anybody to do that," Sparano said after the Aug. 6 workout. "We really need to make sure that we're concentrating on catching the ball. I have not been happy with that end of the deal right now. We have to keep the ball off of the ground."

The message obviously was received.

"The receivers know nobody's really set in their position," Camarillo said Thursday. "It's a free-rotating group. If you were to have several drops, you would get replaced. It's something that's always been on our minds, something that will remain in our minds."