Key NFL off season dates (courtesy M Maiocco):
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Wednesday to Tuesday, March 2: NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Thursday: Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players.
March 4: Expiration date of all player contracts due to expire in 2010.
March 4: Deadline for submission of qualifying offers by clubs to their restricted free agents whose contracts have expired and to whom they desire to retain a right of first refusal/compensation.
March 4: Deadline for clubs to submit offer of minimum salary to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with fewer than three seasons of free agency credit whose contracts have expired.
March 4: Veteran free agency signing period begins, 9 p.m. (PT).
March 4: Trading period begins, 9 p.m. (PT).
March 21-24: NFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, Fla. (Announcement of compensatory draft picks generally occur during this period.)
Mid-April: This is when the NFL announced the dates and times for all regular-season games last year.
April 15: Deadline for signing of Offer Sheets by Restricted Free Agents.
April 21: Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.
April 22: NFL Draft, first round, 4:30 p.m. (PT).
April 23: NFL Draft, second and third rounds, 3:30 p.m. (PT).
April 24: NFL Draft, fourth-seventh rounds, 7 a.m. (PT).
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Last edited by Bobblehead; 02-22-2010 at 12:09 PM.
Reason: removed 49er specific info
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