By Matt Stuart | Published | No Comments
The following is a list of official key dates and weeks as released by the NFL for the upcoming 2023 and 2014 season.
| July | 2023 |
|---|---|
| 17 | Franchise player tag deadline |
| 17-23 | Clubs may begin rookie OTA programs |
| 24 | First day of training camp |
| August | 2023 |
|---|---|
| 3 | Hall of Fame Game (New York vs Cleveland) |
| 8 | Last day to trade an unsigned rookie |
| 10-13 | Week one of the NFL preseason |
| 17-21 | Week two of the NFL preseason |
| 24-27 | Week three of the NFL preseason |
| 29 | NFL teams must reduce roster size to 53 active players + 16 practice squad players |
| 30 | Final waiver process before teams establish a designated practice squad. |
| September | 2023 |
|---|---|
| 3 | Preseason ends (league designation) |
| 4-9 | Clubs are required to file their first injury report of the season |
| 7 | NFL regular season kicks off on Thursday night (Lions at Chiefs) |
| 29 | Players may be activated from injured reserve/non physically able to perform list. |
| October | 2023 |
|---|---|
| 1 | NFL International Series Game 1 (London) Atlanta at Jacksonville |
| 6 | NFL International Series Game 2 (London) Jacksonville at Buffalo |
| 15 | NFL International Series Game 3 (London) Baltimore at Tennessee |
| 17-18 | NFL league meeting – New York |
| 31 | NFL trade deadline for 2023-24 season. |
| November | 2023 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons are subject to the waiver system for the remainder of the regular season and postseason. |
| 5 | NFL International Series Game 4 (Germany) Miami Dolphins at Kansas City |
| 12 | NFL International Series Game 5 (Germany) Indianapolis at New England |
| 14 | Deadline for teams to sign franchised tenured players, unrestricted free agents and restricted free agents |
| December | 2023 |
|---|---|
| 12-13 | Winter League meeting – Irving, Texas |
| January | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 6-7 | Final week of the regular season (week 18) |
| 8 | First day for teams to sign free agents for 2024 season. Teams may also renegotiate or extend contracts, pick up an option on a players contract – THE FIFTH YEAR OPTION RULE (as designated by league compensation rules for select rookies), |
| 10 | Rosters/waiver process frozen for teams participating in playoffs/post-season |
| 13-15 | NFL playoffs – wild card weekend |
| 15 | Deadline for college underclassmen to apply for 2024 NFL Draft |
| 20-21 | NFL playoffs – Divisional round |
| 28 | NFL playoffs – NFC/AFC Championship games (winners advance to Super Bowl) |
| February | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 4 | Pro Bowl (Orlando, Florida) |
| 11 | Super Bowl LVIII (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| 20 | Teams may begin process of franchising or transition (tagging) players (through March 5th) |
| 27 – March 4 | NFL Scouting Combine |
| March | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 5 | Deadline for teams to franchise or transition (tagging) a player |
| 11-13 | Teams may enter into negotiation or contact agents of unrestricted free agents whose contracts are set to expire on or before the March 13th deadline. (However, teams MAY NOT sign a free agent until such term of the players previous contract have expired.) |
| 13 | 2024 New Season Begins Free agency opens |
| 24-27 | Annual League Meeting – Orlando, Florida |
| April | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 1 | Teams with new head coaches (non-interim from 2023 season) may begin offseason workout programs |
| 15 | ALL clubs may begin offseason workout programs |
| 17 | Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit or interview a draft eligible player at a teams facility |
| 19 | Deadline for restricted free agents to accept an offer from their current team |
| 24 | Deadline for clubs to exercise Right of First Refusal on restricted free agents that have been extended an offer sheet. Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit or interview a draft eligible player at a teams facility or any other location. |
| 25-27 | 2024 NFL DRAFT – Detroit, Michigan |
| May | 2024 |
|---|---|
| 2 | Deadline for teams to exercise any options on players first contracts – FIFTH YEAR OPTION RULE. |
| 3-6 or 10-13 | Teams may elect to establish and hold a three-day mini camp for rookies drafted or signed as un-drafted free agents |
| 13 | Rookie football development program begins |
| 20-22 | Spring League Meeting – Nashville, Tennessee |
