Jump to content

NFL Schedule & Key Dates

HOUSE

By HOUSE
in The Stadium Wall Archives

 Share

Recommended Posts

HOUSE Hall of Famer

HOUSE

Posted
Posted (edited)

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/schedules/keydates

Can we pin this thru July 22nd ?

NFL dates come up every day in discussions

Feb. 1 Super Bowl XLIX (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz., 6 p.m. ET, NBC)

Feb. 2 Waiver system begins for 2015

Feb. 7 NFL Regional Combine (Davie, Fla.)

Feb. 10 Beginning at Noon ET, NFL clubs may begin to sign players whose 2014 CFL contracts have expired. Players under contract to a CFL club for the 2015 season or who have an option for the 2015 season are not eligible to be signed

Feb. 14 NFL Regional Combine (Houston)

Feb. 16 First day for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players

Feb. 17-23 NFL Scouting Combine (Indianapolis)

Feb. 21 NFL Regional Combine (Dove Valley, Colo.)

Feb. 28 NFL Regional Combine (Owings Mills, Md.)


March 2 Prior to 4 p.m. ET, deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players

March 7 NFL Regional Combine (Lake Forest, Ill.)

March 7-10 Clubs are permitted to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of players who will become Unrestricted Free Agents upon the expiration of their 2014 contracts at 4 p.m. ET on March 10. However, a contract cannot be executed with a new club until 4 p.m. ET on March 10

March 10 Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must exercise options for 2015 on all players who have option clauses in their 2014 contracts
Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit qualifying offers to their Restricted Free Agents with expiring contracts and to whom they desire to retain a Right of First Refusal/Compensation
Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2014 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agency credit
Top-51 Begins. All clubs must be under the 2015 salary cap prior to 4 p.m. ET
All 2014 player contracts expire at 4 p.m. ET
2015 league year and free agency period begins (4 p.m. ET)
Trading period for 2015 begins (4 p.m. ET)

March 19-21 NFL Career Development Symposium (Phoenix)

March 21-22 Super Regional Combine (Phoenix)

March 22-25 NFL Annual Meeting (Phoenix)


April 6 Clubs that hired a new head coach after the end of the 2014 regular season may begin offseason workout programs

April 20 Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workout programs

April 24 Deadline for Restricted Free Agents to sign offer sheets

April 29 Deadline for prior club to exercise Right of First Refusal to Restricted Free Agents

April 30-May 2 NFL Draft (Chicago)


First weekend after the NFL Draft: Clubs may elect to hold their three-day post-draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or ay 8-11Saturday through Monday

May 11 Rookie Football Development Program begins

May 15-18 Second weekend after the NFL Draft: Clubs may elect to hold their three- day post-draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday

May 18-20 NFL Spring League Meeting (San Francisco)


June 1 For any player removed from the clubs roster or whose contract is assigned via waivers or trade on or after June 1, any unamortized signing bonus amounts for future years will be included fully in team salary at the start of the 2016 League Year
Deadline for prior club to send June 1 Tender to its unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents. If the player has not signed a contract with a club by July 22 or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later, he may negotiate or sign a contract from that date until the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, at 4 p.m. ET, only with his prior club
Deadline for prior club to send June 1 Tender to its unsigned Restricted Free Agents who received a qualifying offer for a Right of First Refusal Only in order for such player to be subject to the CBAs June 15 Tender provision

June 15 Deadline for club to withdraw qualifying offer to Restricted Free Agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting June 15 Tender of one-year contract at 110 percent of the players prior-year Paragraph 5 Salary (with all other terms of his prior-year contract carried forward unchanged)

June 21-27 Rookie Symposium (Aurora, Ohio)


July 15 At 4 p.m. ET, deadline for any club that designated a Franchise Player to sign such player to a multi-year contract or extension. After this date, the player may sign only a one-year contract with his prior club for the 2015 season, and such contract cannot be extended until after the clubs last regular season game

Mid-July Clubs are permitted to open preseason training camp for rookies and first-year players beginning seven days prior to the clubs earliest permissible mandatory reporting date for veteran players
Veteran players (defined as a player with at least one pension- credited season) other than quarterbacks or injured players (as defined in CBA Article 21, Section 6) may report to a clubs preseason training camp no earlier than 15 days prior to the clubs first scheduled preseason game or July 15, whichever is later
Veteran quarterbacks and injured players may be required to report to the clubs preseason training camp no earlier than five days immediately prior to the mandatory reporting date for all other veteran players, provided the club has already opened (or simultaneously opens) its official preseason training camp for all rookies and first-year players
A three-day acclimation period will apply to players who are on a clubs roster up to and including the mandatory veteran reporting date. Players who join the roster after that date may practice (including wearing pads) and play immediately after passing a physical

July 22* Signing Period ends for unrestricted Free Agents to whom a June 1 Tender was made by prior club. After this date and until 4 p.m. ET, on the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, prior club has exclusive negotiating rights (* or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later.)

July 22 Signing period ends for Transition Players with outstanding tenders. After this date and until 4 p.m. ET, on the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, prior club has exclusive negotiating rights

Edited by HOUSE
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
Kemp2Warlick RFA

Kemp2Warlick

Posted
Posted

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12051437/p2015-nfl-key-dates-p

 

Jan. 24: Senior Bowl, Mobile, Ala.

Jan. 25: Pro Bowl (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz., 8 p.m. ET, ESPN)

Jan. 25: An assistant coach whose team is participating in the Super Bowl and who has previously interviewed for another team's head-coaching job may have a second interview with that team no later than the Sunday preceding the Super Bowl.

 

Feb. 1: Super Bowl XLIX (University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz., NBC)

Feb. 16: First day for clubs to designate franchise or transition players.

Feb. 17-23: NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis

 

March 2: Deadline (before 4 p.m. ET) for clubs to designate franchise or transition players.

March 10: 2015 league year and free agency period begin at 4 p.m. ET. All clubs must be under the 2015 salary cap before 4 p.m. ET.

March 22-25: Annual meeting, Phoenix

 

April 24: Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets

April 29: Deadline for prior club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.

April 30-May 2: NFL draft, Chicago

 

May 8-11: First weekend after draft: Clubs may elect to hold their three-day post-draft rookie mini-camp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday.

May 15-18: Second weekend after draft: Clubs may elect to hold their three-day post-draft rookie mini-camp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday.

May 18-20: NFL spring league meeting, San Francisco

 

June 21-27: Rookie Symposium, Aurora, Ohio.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
maddenboy Veteran

maddenboy

Posted
Posted

I am looking forward to the combine coming here to Indy.

 

Isnt the combine always in Indy?

 

I remember in 1993 I was in Indy for a conference. And lots of athlete types were in the Hotel. I chatted with a couple who said they were there for the combine.

 

Being in law school, I started drooling. But they all had agents already. And they all were super confident that they would set the NFL on fire. Ahhh, the good ol days.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 4 weeks later...
IslandBillsFan RFA

IslandBillsFan

Posted
Posted

Has anyone ever thought the NFL should set a set date for schedule release? Currently, I believe they just say "sometime in April".

 

This is one of my favorite moments in the offseason when we can look at the exact schedule, the dates and plan the season. (And yes I know we already know who our home and away opponents will be this season)

 

I guess this has more influence those who no longer live in Buffalo because it determines which games I can and can't go to.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bigK14094 Veteran

bigK14094

Posted
Posted

Has anyone ever thought the NFL should set a set date for schedule release? Currently, I believe they just say "sometime in April".

 

This is one of my favorite moments in the offseason when we can look at the exact schedule, the dates and plan the season. (And yes I know we already know who our home and away opponents will be this season)

 

I guess this has more influence those who no longer live in Buffalo because it determines which games I can and can't go to.

I live in Buffalo....and am a season ticket holder....and......the schedule also impacts what I do in business and personally, as I try to optimize the number of games I can attend....so...same argument for the locals I think. I always have a fluery of activity when I get the schedule.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Mark Vader Hall of Famer

Mark Vader

Posted
Posted

Has anyone ever thought the NFL should set a set date for schedule release? Currently, I believe they just say "sometime in April".

 

This is one of my favorite moments in the offseason when we can look at the exact schedule, the dates and plan the season. (And yes I know we already know who our home and away opponents will be this season)

 

I guess this has more influence those who no longer live in Buffalo because it determines which games I can and can't go to.

Yeah, I wish they would just pick a date in advance so we can know when the schedules will be announced.

 

Not just wait until a week or two to make the announcement.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...