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Miami Dolphins have done a lot of work on first-round player with huge boom (or bust) potential

Michigan defensive lineman Rashan Gary has been linked to the Miami Dolphins in at least one national mock draft.

Jimmy Johnson, the story goes, was trying to decide on a first-round draft pick prior to the 1990 draft. And the then-Dallas Cowboys coach needed a running back because he’d traded Herschel Walker the year before and had a huge void to fill.

Johnson studied and planned and talked to people, and he kept coming back to Emmitt Smith.

Except Smith was only 5-foot-9. Didn’t bother Johnson.

Smith ran only a 4.6 in the 40. Didn’t bother Johnson.