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| 2020 | |
| JANUARY | |
| Jan. 25 | Senior Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama. |
| Jan. 26 | NFL Pro Bowl. |
| FEBRUARY | |
| Feb. 2 | Super Bowl LIV, Hard Rock Stadium, South Florida. |
| Feb. 3 | Waiver system begins for 2020. |
| Feb. 24-March 2 | NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| Feb. 25 | First day for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players. |
| MARCH | |
| March 10 | Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players. |
| March 18 | The 2020 league year and free agency period begin at 4:00 p.m., New York time. |
| Trading period for 2020 begins at 4:00 p.m., New York time, after expiration of all 2019 contracts. | |
| April 6 | Clubs that hired a new head coach after the end of the 2019 regular season may begin offseason workout programs. |
| April 17 | Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets |
| April 20 | Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workout programs. |
| April 23-25 | NFL Draft, Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| MAY | |
| May 1-4 | Clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-Draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday. |
| May 5 | Deadline for prior club to send “May 5 Tender” to its unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents. If the player has not signed a player 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 player contract from that date until the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, at 4:00 p.m., New York time, only with his prior club. |
| JUNE | |
| June 1 | 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 CBA’s “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 player’s prior-year Paragraph 5 Salary (with all other terms of his prior-year contract carried forward unchanged). |
| JULY | |
| July 15 | At 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for any club that designated a Franchise Player to sign such player to a multiyear contract or extension. After this date, the player may sign only a oneyear contract with his prior club for the 2020 season, and such contract cannot be extended until after the club’s last regular season game. |
| Mid-July | Clubs are permitted to open preseason training camp for rookies beginning seven days prior to the club’s 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 club’s preseason training camp no earlier than 15 days prior to the club’s first scheduled preseason game or July 15, whichever is later. Veteran quarterbacks and injured players may be required to report to the club’s 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 club’s roster up to and including the mandatory veteran reporting date. Players who rejoin 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 “May 5 Tender” was made by prior club. After this date and until 4:00 p.m., New York time, 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 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, prior club has exclusive negotiating rights. |
| AUGUST | |
| August 6 | Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio. |
| August 11 | Deadline for players under contract to report to their clubs to earn an accrued season for free agency. |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| Sept. 5 | Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players on the Active/Inactive List. |
| Sept. 6 | Claiming period for players placed on waivers at the final roster reduction will expire at 12:00 noon, New York time. |
| Sept. 10 | At 12:00 a.m., New York time, the Top 51 Rule expires for all NFL clubs. |
| Sept. 10, 13-14 | Regular Season Week 1. |
