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2017 NFL Draft rewind turned out to be average at best

Charles Harris is moving on to the Atlanta Falcons after the Miami Dolphins traded their former first-round pick for a 7th round pick in 2021. Miami shouldn’t feel too horrible though, a large number of first-round picks failed to see a 5th-year option from the 2017 NFL draft.

As the NFL remains quarantined, business in the NFL is still business, and teams are exercising their fifth-year options on their first-round picks from 2017. Needless to say, the Dolphins did not exercise their rights on Harris.

The Dolphins picked 22nd overall in that draft. We can discount the players drafted ahead of him simply because Miami had no shot at drafting those players without trading up.