The Miami Dolphins traded away their 2022 first-round draft pick in order to acquire Tyreek Hill. On Tuesday, the NFL took away their 2023 first-round pick after announcing the results of a months-long investigation into former head coach Brian Flores’ accusations of tampering and intentionally losing games.
The Dolphins lost next year’s Day 1 selection, as well as a third-round pick in 2024. Team owner Stephen Ross, the man at the center of Flores’ claims, was suspended through October 17, 2022, removed from all NFL committees indefinitely and fined $1.5 million. Bruce Beal, the team’s vice chairman/limited partner and Ross’s second-in-command, was barred from league meetings throughout 2022 and fined $500,000.
Ross will be eligible to return to work after Week 6 of the NFL regular season.
Here’s what the league investigation found and how this all began.
