2019 Important NFL Dates!!!!

MARCH
March 5	Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to  designate Franchise or Transition Players.
March 11-13	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 2018 player contracts at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on March 13.
March 13	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 2018 contracts who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agency credit.
March 13	Top 51 Rule begins. All clubs must be under the 2019  Salary Cap prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time.
March 13	All 2018 player contracts will expire at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
March 13	The 2019 league year and free agency period begin at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
March 13	Trading period for 2019 begins at 4:00 p.m., New York time, after expiration of all 2018 contracts.
March 24-27	Annual League Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
APRIL
April 1	Clubs that hired a new head coach after the end of the 2018 regular season may begin offseason workout programs.
April 15	Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workout programs.
April 19	Deadline for Restricted Free Agents to sign offer sheets.
April 25-27	2019 NFL Draft, Nashville, Tennessee.
MAY
May 3-6	Clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-Draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday.
May 10-13	Clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-Draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday.
May 16-19	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 20-22	Spring League Meeting, Key Biscayne, Florida.
JUNE
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 2020 league year.
June 15	Deadline for club to withdraw qualifying offer to Restricted Free Agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting “June 15Tender” of one-year contract at 110 percent of the player’s prior-yearParagraph 5 Salary (with all other terms of his prior-year contract carried forward unchanged).
Late June	Rookie Transition Program to be held at individual clubs. Attendance is mandatory for all 2019 rookies.
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 one- year contract with his prior club for the 2019 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 andfirst-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 earlierthan 15 days prior to the club’s first scheduled preseason game or July 15, whichever is later.
July 22*	Signing period ends for Unrestricted Free Agents to whom a “May 7 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.
AUGUST
Aug. 1	Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio.
Aug. 1-4	Hall of Fame Weekend, Canton, Ohio.