''When you look at that draft, you had some incredible players in the first round,'' Dolphins Hall of Fame inductee Dan Marino said. ``Not just the quarterbacks, but Eric Dickerson, Curt Warner, Darrell Green, Don Mosebar, Bruce Matthews. There's probably few first rounds to compare to the 1983 draft.''
Although Dallas tried to trade for Elway, the Cowboys also passed on Marino. Feeling a defensive line need, they took defensive end Jim Jeffcoat, who spent the first 12 of his 15 NFL seasons in Dallas.
Four spots later, the defending AFC champions got Marino. What followed was a career so grand, it made many teams look as if they were dumb on a day it was easy to look smart
