The Dolphins got a player they probably never felt would be there at 11 on Thursday night, grabbing Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick with their first pick of the NFL Draft.
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“Really, the way it all played out, we didn’t think any of the quarterbacks would make it to us,” general manager Chris Grier said. “For us, we talked to a couple of teams about maybe moving up or down but nothing real serious. For us, at the end of the day, if one of those guys was there, we would have talked about it; but we just didn’t think anybody would be there.