Key NFL offseason dates for 2025

Washington’s team website recently published a list of key offseason dates. You may want to bookmark this page for handy reference between now and the end of May.

February

• Feb. 6: NFL Honors
• Feb. 9: Super Bowl LIX, Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Feb. 10: Waiver system begins for 2025. With certain exceptions, a 24-hour claiming period will be in effect through the entire year; however, waiver requests made on Friday and Saturday of each week will expire at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the following Monday. Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons whom a club desires to terminate are not subject to the waiver system until the day after the trading deadline.
• Feb. 17: HBCU Combine, Ochsner Sports Performance Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Feb. 18: Beginning this date through 4:00 p.m., New York time on March 4, clubs may designate Franchise or Transition Players.
• Feb. 22: HBCU Legacy Bowl, Yulman Stadium, Tulane University
• February 24 - March 3: NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana

March

• March 4: Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players. College Pro Days begin. Workouts of a school’s Pro Day-eligible players during the days leading up to Pro Day activities are prohibited. Private dinners, meetings, interviews are permitted.
• March 4 - April 16: Draft-Eligible Facility Visits Begin. Clubs are permitted to 30 non-local players for physical exams/visits; no on-field workouts.
• March 10-12: Negotiation (“Legal Tampering”) Period. During the period beginning at 12:00 noon, New York time, on March 10 and ending at 3:59:59 p.m., New York time, on March 12, 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 2024 Player Contracts at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on March 12.
• March 12 - End/Start of League Year. Deadline at 3:59:59 p.m., New York Time, for clubs to exercise individually negotiated options for 2025 on all players who have option clauses in their 2024 contracts, subject to any earlier deadline specified in a player’s contract.
• Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must submit Qualifying Offers to their Restricted Free Agents with expiring contracts to retain a Right of First Refusal/Compensation.
• 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 2024 contracts who have fewer than three Accrued Seasons of free agency credit (ERFAs).
• Top 51 Rule is in effect. All clubs must be under the 2025 Salary Cap prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time. All 2024 NFL player contracts will expire at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
• The 2025 League Year and Free Agency signing period begin at 4:00 p.m., New York time.

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