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Successful NFL teams try to go from good to great at QB. Today’s Dolphins did the opposite

The Miami Dolphins lost Super Bowl XVII in Pasadena, Calif. on January 30, 1983 and that was a bitter disappointment for coach Don Shula because his plucky team had been trying to recapture the glory of the 1970s for nearly a decade without success. But despite the disappointment, Shula believed his team could return soon because his defense was young and he had a 24-year-old quarterback in David Woodley, who had a couple of seasons earlier broken the team rookie record for completions in a season.

Things were looking up for the Dolphins.

But in less than three months -- on April 26, 1983 -- Shula selected a quarterback in the first round of the NFL draft.