Miami Dolphins' owner, Stephen Ross, discusses the firing of Head Coach Adam Gase during a press conference at the Miami Dolphins training facility in Davie, FL. By
The Miami Dolphins were set to go with their first-round selection of Minkah Fitzpatrick in 2018 when owner Stephen Ross spoke up and implored his football people to do something different.
Ross, who happens to be everyone’s boss, wanted the Dolphins to trade down in the first round rather than pick Fitzpatrick, because he wanted to add picks to Miami’s draft day bounty.
Ross thought it a fair gamble to miss out on Fitzpatrick for the chance to take a first-round pick later and perhaps get another premium pick -- perhaps a second- or third-rounder -- in the process.