January 4: Clubs may begin signing free agent players for the 2016 season.

January 4: Clubs may renegotiate or extend the rookie contract of a drafted rookie who was selected in the 2013 NFL Draft. Any permissible renegotiated or extended player contract will not be considered a rookie contract, and will not be subject to the rules that limit rookie contracts.

January 4: Option exercise period begins for fifth-year option for first-round selections from the 2013 NFL Draft. To exercise the option, the club must give written notice to the player on or after January 4, but prior to May 3.

January 18: Deadline for college players that are underclassmen to apply for special eligibility. A list of players who are accepted into the NFL Draft will be sent to clubs on January 22.

January 23: East-West Shrine Game, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida.

January 23: NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, StubHub Center, Carson, California.

January 30: Senior Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama.

January 31: Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii.

January 31: Deadline for NFL clubs to try out and negotiate with CFL players whose 2015 contracts are due to expire at 12 noon, New York time, on February 9.

February 8: Waiver system begins for 2016.

February 9: Beginning at 12 noon, New York time, NFL clubs may begin to sign players whose 2015 CFL contracts have expired. Players under contract to a CFL club for the 2016 season or who have an option for the 2016 season are not eligible to be signed.

February 13: NFL Regional Combines, Houston Texans Methodist Training Facility, Houston, Texas.

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

February 20: NFL Regional Combines, Arizona Cardinals Training Facility, Phoenix, Arizona.

February 23-29: NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana.

February 27: NFL Regional Combines, Baltimore Ravens Under Armour Performance Center, Owings Mills, Maryland.

March 1: Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players.

March 5: NFL Regional Combines, Minnesota Vikings Training Facility Max Winter Park, Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

March 7-9: 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 2015 Player Contracts at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on March 9. However, a contract cannot be executed with a new club until 4:00 p.m., New York time, on March 9.

March 9: Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must exercise options for 2016 on all players who have option clauses in their 2015 contracts.

March 9: Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, 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.

March 9: Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2015 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agency credit.

March 9: Top-51 Begins. All clubs must be under the 2016 salary cap prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time.

March 9: All 2015 player contracts expire at 4:00 p.m., New York time.

March 9: The 2016 league year and free agency period begins at 4:00 p.m., New York time. The first day of the 2016 league year will end at 11:59:59 p.m., New York time, on March 9. Clubs will receive a personnel notice that will include all transactions submitted to the league office during the period between 4:00 p.m., New York time, and 11:59:59 p.m., New York time, on March 9.

March 9: Trading period for 2016 begins at 4:00 p.m., New York time, after expiration of all 2015 contracts.

March 12: NFL Regional Combines, New Orleans Saints Training Facility, Metairie, Louisiana.

March 20-23: Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, Florida.

April 4: Clubs that hired a new head coach after the end of the 2015 regular season may begin offseason workout programs.

April 18: Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workout programs.

April 22: Deadline for Restricted Free Agents to sign offer sheets.

April 28-30: 2016 NFL Draft, Chicago, Illinois.

April 30: After the final selection in the Draft has been made, clubs may begin signing Undrafted Free Agents who were eligible for the 2016 Draft.

May 6-9: First weekend after the NFL Draft: clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday.

May 9: Rookie Football Development Program Begins.

May 13-16: Second weekend after the NFL Draft: clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday.

May 19-22: NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Invited Rookies (typically, first and/or second-round selections) must be permitted by their respective clubs to attend. Such players are unavailable for offseason workouts, OTA days, and minicamps during this period.

May 23-25: NFL Spring League Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina.

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 2: For any player removed from the club’s roster or whose contract is assigned via waivers or trade on or after June 2, any unamortized signing bonus amounts for future years will be included fully in Team Salary at the start of the 2017 League Year.

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).

June 19-25: Rookie Symposium, Aurora, Ohio.

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 one-year contract with his prior club for the 2016 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 and first-year players 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 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 “May 10 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.

 

 

http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-1...84714056d6

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Someone forgot to include the January 12-13 special meeting in Houston for a Los Angeles vote. January 4 was the first day applications for relocation could be submitted. All three interested teams did that.

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Someone forgot to include the January 12-13 special meeting in Houston for a Los Angeles vote. January 4 was the first day applications for relocation could be submitted. All three interested teams did that.

that has nothing to do with the Jags

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that has nothing to do with the Jags

 

Nothing in this thread is Jaguar specific. It is all about the entire National Football League 12016 Calendar, which includes the Loss Angeles meeting in Houston next weekend.

 

Are you one of those people who thinks nothing unrelated to the Jaguars matter?

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Nothing in this thread is Jaguar specific. It is all about the entire National Football League 12016 Calendar, which includes the Loss Angeles meeting in Houston next weekend.


Are you one of those people who thinks nothing unrelated to the Jaguars matter?

correct, im one of those who thinks nothing unrelated to the Jags matter. I have one team like most people. You have a bunch of teams!

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Correct, I'm one of those who thinks nothing unrelated to the Jags matter. I have one team like most people. You have a bunch of teams!

 

Why do people say I have a bunch of teams knowing I only like three?

 

Obviously you do think things completely unrelated to the Jaguars matter.

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You can't have a calendar without cheerleader pin ups.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Interestingly,  there's another version of the NFL 2016 calendar that mentions the NFL FA period starts several days later.  Being that the calendar that was posted in the beginning of this thread is from an official NFL team website,   I'm going under the assumption that this information is correct.

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Thank goodness the draft isn't in May again. Ugh, that sucked

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“It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”
― Albert Camus

Thank goodness the draft isn't in May again. Ugh, that sucked

Agreed, that was rough.

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The Draft is in Chicago again? I was under the impression that it was going to rotate cities.

 

Also, here's a link to an article on the homepage with an offseason schedule included.

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

http://www.bleedinggreennation.com/2016/...nchise-tag

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February 8

Waiver system begins for 2016.

 

I wonder if we get anyone of the waiver for payers that get cut?

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Thank goodness the draft isn't in May again. Ugh, that sucked

 

The NFL moved the draft to Chicago because they did not like having it in May either.

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Next weekend will be a big one for the Jaguars. Senior Bowl Saturday, Pro Bowl Sunday. Then we have to wait only two weeks for the waiver system to kick in.

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Mod should pin this till the season starts

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Mod should pin this till the season starts

 

Definitely. Next year, I also would include important in-season dates such as the trade deadline.

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I see the deadline for putting franchise and transition tags on players (March 1), but the first day teams can start doing that is not listed. Does anyone know?

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I see the deadline for putting franchise and transition tags on players (March 1), but the first day teams can start doing that is not listed. Does anyone know?

Yea, my homie Google said you can ask it anytime.


Are you gonna take over every thread on the board this offseason, or are you gonna slow down after you reach 30k posts?

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