The Super Bowl is almost here, but for fans of the 30 NFL teams not participating in that game, the 2026 offseason is already underway. Coaching changes are in full swing, and in just a few weeks the big events that kick off free agency and NFL Draft preparations will take place.

But exactly when are all of the important dates and deadlines, you ask? We’re here to provide those answers. Here is a detailed look at all of the critical events throughout the 2026 offseason, broken down by category and then put into chronological order.

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Keisean Nixon, I just can’t quit you. The Packers cornerback has been named to his first Pro Bowl, replacing Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon as Seattle heads to the Super Bowl. Nixon, who has two first-team All Pro nods as a kick returner, transitioned to being the team’s CB1 during the 2025 season after the release of Jaire Alexander.

Earlier this season, Nixon had one of the best games we’ve seen from a Packers cornerback in some time, recording a whopping 5 pass breakups against the Washington Commanders while allowing just one completion for 9 yards. He also sealed the win...

The Green Bay Packers are starting to see members of their assistant coaching staff depart for other jobs as the NFL’s coaching carousel continues to spin. On Monday, news broke that DBs coach Ryan Downard and LBs coach Sean Duggan will be following Jeff Hafley to the Miami Dolphins, while offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich is interviewing with the Tennessee Titans for a playcalling OC position.

Now we have news that another member of the offensive staff is under serious consideration for a big upward move with a different team. That individual is quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion, who is currently in...

Decision points always create questions, and Matt LaFleur’s decision to hire Jonathan Gannon as his next defensive coordinator will be no different.

There is plenty to question, too, though we won’t know the answers for a long, long time. Was Gannon the right hire? Only time will tell. Should LaFleur have gone with soe of his other candidates? Again, it’s much too early to tell. Which candidate hired this cycle will become a coaching star, if any? Hopefully the answer is Jonathan Gannon, but he got one crack at the top job already. What would it take for him to...

South Florida is going to have a lot of former Green Bay Packers moving forward. Not only have the Miami Dolphins taken Jon-Eric Sullivan (general manager), Jeff Hafley (head coach), Ryan Downard (pass game coordinator) and Venzell Boulware (pro scout) from the team, but Miami will also get linebackers coach Sean Duggan in the divorce, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Tom Silverstein.

This should be no surprise, as Duggan joined the Packers from Hafley’s Boston College staff. In 2024, Duggan was the team’s assistant linebackers coach, working under Anthony Campanile, now the Jacksonville Jaguars’ defensive coordinator. When Campanile left...

Let’s keep chipping away at what new Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon will bring to the green and gold. Earlier today, we broke down his career resume. This time, we’re going to do a deep dive into the types of coverages that he runs. Spoiler: He loves Quarters/Cover 4.

To set the table, let’s get a couple of terms nailed down so that we can have a conversation about what Gannon is or isn’t. For the most part, we’re going to talk about coverages split into three categories: man coverages, old zone coverages and the quarters family of...

Jeff Hafley’s poaching of the Green Bay Packers’ coaching staff has officially begun. On Monday, Aaron Wilson of KPRC in Houston reported that the new Miami Dolphins head coach is bringing the Packers’ defensive backs coach, Ryan Downard, with him to Miami.

Wilson did not report details on what Downard’s responsibilities will be with the Dolphins. Hafley has not yet named a defensive coordinator, and there is at least a possibility that Downard will end up in that role with Hafley still potentially calling the defensive plays for the Dolphins.

Downard spent three years as the defensive backs coach for...

After taking on some potential cap casualties that could result in actual roster movement, we’re now firmly in what I’d gently refer to as the “bad news” portion of this project.

Elgton Jenkins? Probably gone, and for understandable reasons. Same goes for Rashan Gary. Even Josh Jacobs might make some sense. But as much anger as Keisean Nixon might generate among Packers fans, it doesn’t make much sense to move on, which is bad news if you were out for roster blood.

And the same is true for Nate Hobbs who, if not for Nixon, would probably be bearing the...

This was a big weekend around the NFL, and it brought big news for the Green Bay Packers as well. The league’s biggest stories were its conference championship games, which took place on Sunday and decided the matchup for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara two weeks from now.

That game will be a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX, when the New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks thanks to a last-minute interception by Malcolm Butler. That year should bring back plenty of unhappy memories for Packers fans, of course, as Green Bay controlled the 2014 NFC Championship Game only...

If you haven’t heard, the Green Bay Packers have hired former Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon to be Jeff Hafley’s replacement as the team’s next defensive coordinator. Here, I want to take the time to look at Gannon’s entire coaching journey and find some long-term connections that he’s had with other coaches before we get into deeper topics about Gannon’s defense later on this week.

Coaching, inherently, is a very social field. Relationships mean a lot. There are also very few NFL coaches roaming this planet, so there’s cross-pollination everywhere. Those crossovers can generally tell you a lot about...

This is our second scouting report of draft season, after focusing on Alabama cornerback Domani Jackson in our first piece. Arizona’s Tacario Davis is another potential Day 2 cornerback selection, which will be the range in which the Green Bay Packers will draft a new starter at the position this April, if they get a new starter, since they’re out first-round picks in the next two drafts because of the Micah Parsons trade.

Let’s hop right into it.

Background

Davis was not a highly-recruited player coming out of Long Beach, California, as he was listed as a three-star recruit...

We’ll have more stuff on the hiring of new Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon throughout the week, as there are a lot of angles to examine for what should be the biggest move that the Packers make in the 2026 offseason, but I want to get this one up quickly, because it’s a one-off I believe is interesting. After the Dallas Cowboys hired their own new defensive coordinator, Christian Parker, Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, who currently works on the Cowboys’ beat and used to work for DallasCowboys.com, [spoke to why Dallas didn’t end up hiring...