MIAMI GARDENS — The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing is $1.7 billion. To me, that’s “go” time. One of my favorite things to do in the Dolphins locker room when a lottery jackpot is around the $1 billion mark is casually ask well-paid NFL players if they’re planning to buy tickets, whether they’d report to work the next day if they won, and what they’d do with the money, which has a $781 million lump sum payout.

The answers are often hilarious.

For example, quarterback Zach Wilson hasn’t thought about what he’d do with the $1.7 billion if he won. He’s more concerned with Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay.

But he played along and gave me a few things he’d do if he became an instant billionaire — buy his wife a car, build his dream home in Utah, get his pilot’s license and buy a nice airplane.

Then he delivered the gem.

“Maybe buy the New York Jets,” he said with a laugh.

For the record, the Jets, according to Forbes, are valued at $8.1 billion.

But if you know Wilson’s story, that’s a great answer.

In the past when I’ve asked Dolphins players — casually, not on the record — what they’d do if they won $1 billion or more the answers have humorously been what you’d expect from 20- or 30-year olds.

A few years ago one player told me he’d call ex-general manager Chris Grier from a beach in Mexico and tell him he’s done playing.

Another player told me he’d report to work, but he’d demand that the team put more respect on his name.

Another player told me he’d tell owner Stephen Ross that he wanted to purchase a share of the team.

With the Dolphins being eliminated from playoff contention, I figured Tuesday was time to have some fun and finally ask players on the record about a $1 billion lottery jackpot.

I’ve always said in 30 years of covering pro sports, coach Mike McDaniel’s locker rooms are among the best I’ve ever covered. They lived up to that reputation.

Offensive tackle Larry Borom doesn’t usually buy Powerball tickets, but he said he might for this drawing.

“It never hurts to do it, might as well,” he said. “Everybody’s got a shot.”

Then came the followup question: Would you continue to play if you won?

“I don’t know,” Borrom said with smile after giving the question some thought. “Me, my mom, I dont know if anybody’s doing anything.”

To their credit, every Dolphins player said he’d show up for work on Thursday and finish the final two weeks of the season if he won the jackpot Wednesday night.

“I mean, we’ve only got six more days of practice, so why not?” cornerback Rasul Douglas said.

Offensive lineman Daniel Brunskill said he might buy Powerball tickets if he doesn’t have to go out of his way.

Would he continue playing football if he won the $1.7 billion?

“Hell no,” he said with a laugh. “You don’t need to. What the hell? I don’t need to take any more money from anybody. I’m set for life.”

How would he retire?

“Most of the time I’d be like, ‘I’m outta here,’ ” he said. “But I’d finish this year with the team, and for me, I’d go somewhere there’s not many people, get a nice home and kind of stay out of the scene.”

Guard Cole Strange gave some thought to whether he’d show up to work on Thursday.

“I guess you could just say to hell with anything in the world, couldn’t you?” he said with a smile. “Yeah, I would (show up for work Thursday). Because pride comes into it.

“Now, I guess it does come into the question of would you continue to play ball?” he said. “I don’t know what I’d do. With that much sitting there it’d be tough to pull yourself out to camp wouldn’t it? My life’s simpler when I don’t think of these things.”

Loquacious cornerback Jack Jones said he has no plans to buy Powerball tickets.

“The chances are too low,” he said. “I ain’t even wasting my money on that (expletive).”

But his attitude changed when asked whether he’d show up for work if he won. Apparently, $1.7 billion isn’t enough for Jones.

“Hell yeah, I’m going to show up for work,” he said with a laugh before revealing his ulterior motive.

“I’m going to go get another whatever. Keep adding to it, man.”