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Dolphins Lose Draft Picks for Brady, Payton Tampering; Stephen Ross Suspended

The Miami Dolphins will forfeit their first-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft and their third-round pick in the 2024 draft after violating the league's rules on tampering, via ESPN's Adam Schefter:

Adam Schefter

Here is the notice and penalties the NFL is imposing on the Dolphins for Integrity-Of-The-Game Violations: <a href="https://t.co/Qk8KNaALyN">pic.twitter.com/Qk8KNaALyN</a>

Owner Stephen Ross will also be suspended through Oct. 17, 2022, and he has been fined $1.5 million. Vice-chairman Bruce Beal was fined $500,000 and will not be eligible to attend league meetings.

The NFL found after a six-month investigation that the Dolphins had impermissible contact with Tom Brady, both while he was under contract with the New England Patriots in 2019 and when he was with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021.