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Getty Images Teams have until 11:59:59 p.m. ET to decide on fifth-year options for the first-round picks from 2017. Some teams already publicly have committed. Based on media reports, others have made their decisions, too. Running back Christian McCaffrey, the eighth overall choice in 2017, is...

Getty Images Bill Belichick, the active coach who has the best chance of breaking Don Shula’s all-time wins record, was effusive in his praise of Shula today. “Don Shula is one of the all-time great coaching figures and the standard for consistency and leadership in the NFL,” Belichick said in...

Getty Images Hall of Fame coach Don Shula died on Tuesday at the age of 90. One of his Hall of Fame pupils took the loss harder than he thought he would. “I was out cutting brush in a field, and my wife Audrey called me and said Coach had passed,” former Dolphins running back Larry Csonka told...

Getty Images George Halas coached in the NFL’s first season in 1920. Bill Belichick is coaching in 2020. Don Shula coached against both of them. Shula, who died on Monday at the age of 90, had a coaching career that spanned decades, and saw him coach against many of the other great coaches in...

Getty Images Wide receiver Albert Wilson and the Dolphins have agreed on a reworked contract for the 2020 season. Field Yates of ESPN reports that Wilson is now set to make a base salary of $3 million. There will be another $1 million available in incentives. Wilson’s contract previously...

Getty Images Hard Rock Stadium hosted the last NFL game and the Dolphins have started to think about how it will look if they are hosting games with fans again this year. Dolphins CEO/president Tom Garfinkel appeared on Good Morning America Monday and shared some of the team’s early plans for...

Getty Images Don Shula, the winningest coach in NFL history, has died. He was 90. “Don Shula was the patriarch of the Miami Dolphins for 50 years,” the team said in a statement confirming Shula’s passing. “He brought the winning edge to our franchise and put the Dolphins and the city of Miami...

Getty Images Don Shula is being remembered for his role as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history. Shula, who died at the age of 90, was memorialized in a statement from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for his work as a coach and the impact he had off the field. ”Don Shula will always be...

Getty Images The Falcons traded for defensive end Charles Harris on Friday, giving up a seventh-round choice. That didn’t give Atlanta long to decide what to do about Harris’ fifth-year option with the deadline approaching. The Falcons didn’t need much time, however. They are declining...

Getty Images Tight end Dion Sims was out of the NFL after being released by the Bears last year and he won’t be returning in 2020. Sims announced his retirement in a Twitter post on Friday. Sims appeared in 78 games for the Dolphins and Bears over six seasons. Sims was a Dolphins fourth-round...

Getty Images The Dolphins claimed defensive end Taco Charlton off waivers Sept. 19. He didn’t even make it a year in Miami. The Dolphins waived him Thursday, and he went unclaimed Friday. That settles the question of whether Charlton would have his fifth-year option exercised. His rookie...

Getty Images Defensive end Taco Charlton lasted a little over two years in Dallas. He lasted less than a year in Miami. Now, it’s onto Kansas City. The Chiefs have agreed to a one-year deal with Charlton, Terez Paylor of yahoo.com reports. Charlton cleared waivers earlier in the day. He now...

Getty Images Tua Tagovailoa‘s college coach wants to see him take good care of himself at the next level. Alabama coach Nick Saban says that on the Dolphins, Tua will need to learn to protect his body from taking hits like the one that ended his 2019 season with a hip injury. “No. 1 thing...

Getty Images The Dolphins are jettisoning another former first-round defensive end, this time it’s one of their own. According to Jason Butt of TheAthletic.com, the Falcons are trading an undisclosed draft pick for Dolphins pass-rusher Charles Harris. PFT has confirmed the deal. Harris, their...

Getty Images The only tacos in Miami today are to go. The Dolphins announced the release of defensive end Taco Charlton. That takes care of the question as to whether they’d pick up his fifth-year option, though that probably was never much of a question. They claimed the former Cowboys...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced the signings of 10 undrafted college free agents Wednesday. The team signed McKendree wide receiver Matt Cole, Northwestern State tackle Jonathan Hubbard, Pittsburgh linebacker Kylan Johnson, Ole Miss defensive tackle Benito Jones, Kansas State tackle Nick...

Getty Images Giants defensive coordinator Patrick Graham had the same job with the Dolphins last year and one of his players from Miami will be joining him with his new team. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Giants have claimed safety Montre Hartage off of waivers. The Dolphins...

Getty Images In the days before the NFL draft, rumors mounted that the Dolphins were planning to trade up to the third overall pick and draft an offensive tackle. Like so many other pre-draft rumors, that one turned out to be bogus: The Dolphins didn’t trade up, and when they selected at No. 5...

Getty Images Who knows what would have happened had Tua Tagovailoa hadn’t gotten hurt. Maybe he would have gone No. 1 overall. Maybe not. But Tagovailoa did injure his hip, which meant that no one had to “Tank for Tua.” The Dolphins selected the Alabama quarterback fifth overall. Tagovailoa...

Getty Images NFL teams have until May 4 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET to exercise fifth-year options on 2017 first-round draft choices. The window to sign those players to contract extensions opened Dec. 30, with Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey becoming the first to get a new deal. Some of...