The annual deadline for NFL team to exercise the fifth-year option on their first-round picks was Friday, but the Miami Dolphins were out of this game in 2026 for a second consecutive year. The fifth-year option decisions this year applies to 2023 first-round pick, and the Dolphins didn't have one of those because they were stripped of their own selection as part of the sanctions for being found guilty by the NFL of tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton and also because the first-round pick they had acquired from the San Francisco 49ers went to the Denver Broncos in a trade for pass rusher Bradley Chubb the previous November. The Dolphins also didn't have a decision to make last year because their 2022 first-round pick was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs as part of the deal that brought Tyreek Hill to Miami. But the Dolphins will have a decision to make a year from now, and it's a decision that looks a lot more complicated than it once appeared.β¦