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Important Dates 2006 (1 Viewer)

BigTex

Don't mess with Texas
The Great mods pinned this for us last year, could you do the same this one?

FEBRUARY

5: Super Bowl XL, Detroit, Michigan.

Steelers Super Bowl Champs with a 21-10 victory over the Seahawks.

12: AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii.

NFC wins 23 to AFC 17

22-28: Combine Timing and Testing, RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana.

23 - Waiver system begins

Deadline (4:00 p.m. ET) for clubs to designate Franchise & Transition players

Franchised

Bills: Cornerback Nate Clements

Jets: Defensive End John Abraham

Lions: OTackle Jeff Backus

Transition Player

Vikings: Cornerback Brian Williams

Panthers: RB DeShaun Foster

Seahawks: OGaurd Steve Hutchinson

Resigned

Colts: Reggie Wayne (six years)

MARCH

1: Employer clubs are no longer obligated to grant permission to another club to discuss a position as a Head Coach with an assistant coach who is under contract for the succeeding season or seasons. However, such permission may be voluntarily granted.

2 - Expiration date of all player contracts due to expire in 2006

3 - Free Agency period begins

Trading period begins for 2006 after expiration of all 2005 contracts

26-30: NFL Annual Meeting.

APRIL

21: Deadline for signing of Offer Sheets by Restricted Free Agents.

28: Deadline for Old Club to exercise Right of First Refusal to Restricted Free Agents.

29-30: 2006 NFL Draft, New York, N.Y.

MAY

16: Except for a three-day mini-camp held within 15 days of the draft, this is the first day that players eligible for the 2006 Draft are permitted to participate in mini-camps, practices, or meetings. If final examinations at a player's school conclude after this date, the player is prohibited from participating in any activities until after the player's final day of examinations. If the player has left or leaves school, he is prohibited from participating in any club activities until after the final day of examinations at his school.

23-25: NFL Spring Meeting.

JUNE

1: Deadline for Old Club to send tender to its unsigned Restricted Free Agents or to extend Qualifying Offer, whichever is greater, in order to retain rights.

1: Deadline for Old Club to send tender to its unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents to retain rights if player is not signed by another club by July 22.

2: Any unamortized signing bonus amounts will be included in the succeeding year's Team Salary for any players removed from the team's roster other than by trade.

15: Deadline for club to withdraw Qualifying Offer to Restricted Free Agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender of one-year contract at 110 percent of previous year's Paragraph 5 salary (with all other terms carried forward unchanged).

22: Signing period ends at 4:00 PM ET for unrestricted free agents who received June 1 tender.

 
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If the NFL stays true to its format for the past few years, the Thursday night opener will be September 7, 2006 (first Thursday after Labor Day).

 
What about one of the most important?

When can you start to sign another teams free agents?
2006 NFL CalendarJanuary 30, 2006

January 31 - Super Bowl XL Media Day - Ford Field - Detroit

February 5 - Super Bowl XL - Detroit

(Seattle Seahawks vs. Pittsburgh Steelers)

February 12 - AFC-NFC Pro Bowl - Honolulu

February 22-28 - Scouting Combine - Indianapolis

February 23 - Waiver system begins

- Deadline (4:00 p.m. ET) for clubs to

designate Franchise & Transition players

March 2 - Expiration date of all player contracts

due to expire in 2006

March 3 - Free Agency period begins

- Trading period begins for 2006 after

expiration of all 2005 contracts

March 26-30 - NFL Annual Meeting - Orlando

April 21 - Deadline for signing of offer sheets

by restricted free agents

April 29-30 - NFL Draft

May 23-25 - NFL Spring Meeting - Denver

Source - Yahoo.com

 
you don't happen to have the date of a Thursday Night season opener do you?
Superbowl XLI set for Feb. 4, 2007 in Miami.Counting backwards from there means week 17 ends on Dec. 31, 2006 and, going further, week 1 would be Sept. 10 with the Thurs. before being the 7th.

 
It really looks like the new CBA needs to be done by February 23 when teams need to start designating franchise and transition players. Plus team need to start cutting players to fit under the salary cap.

 
Just a little more detail:

JANUARY

2: Clubs may begin signing free agent players for the 2006 season.

7-8: Wild Card Playoff Games.

8: Assistant coaches under contract to playoff clubs that have byes in the Wild Card weekend may be interviewed for head coaching positions through the conclusion of the Wild Card games.

13-14: Assistant coaches under contract to playoff clubs that won their Wild Card games may be interviewed for head coaching positions prior to their Divisional Playoff games.

14-15: Divisional Playoff Games.

22: AFC and NFC Championship Games.

28: Senior Bowl, Mobile, Alabama.

FEBRUARY

5: Super Bowl XL, Detroit, Michigan.

12: AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii.

22-28: Combine Timing and Testing, RCA Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana.

23: Waiver system begins for 2006. Waivers will expire on the first business

day of the new League Year. Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons whom a club desires to terminate are not subject to the waiver system until after the trading deadline.

23: Deadline at 4 p.m., New York time, for clubs to designate Franchise and Transition Players.

24: From this date until 4 p.m., New York time, on March 17, 2006 a Club that executes a multi-year Contract with its designated Franchise Player shall not be deemed to have used its Franchise Player designation for the following League Year.

MARCH

1: Employer clubs are no longer obligated to grant permission to another club to discuss a position as a Head Coach with an assistant coach who is under contract for the succeeding season or seasons. However, such permission may be voluntarily granted.

2: Employer clubs are no longer obligated to grant permission to another club to discuss a position as a Head Coach with an assistant coach who is under contract for the succeeding season or seasons. However, such permission may be voluntarily granted.

2: Beginning on this date and through the conclusion of the 2006 Player Selection Meeting, an employer club is not obligated to grant permission to a club seeking to discuss employment as a high-level employee with an individual whose current responsibilities include gathering information on and evaluating draft-eligible players or veteran free agent players. Such permission may be voluntarily granted.

2: Expiration date of all player contracts due to expire in 2006.

2: Deadline for exercising options for 2006 on all players who have option clauses in their 2005 contracts.

2: 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.

2: 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.

3: Free Agency period begins.

3: Trading period begins for 2006 after expiration of all 2005 contracts.

3: A claiming period of three business days is in effect for waiver requests made prior to the last business day before July 4.

17: Deadline at 4 p.m., New York time, for Club to execute multi-year Player Contract with its designated Franchise Player while still retaining its Franchise Player designation for the following year. If a multi-year contract is not executed prior to this deadline, rules set forth in CBA Article XX, Section 9 will apply to any multi-year contract or extension subsequently executed by Club and player.

18: 2006 NFL Europe season begins.

20: Clubs may begin off-season workout programs and organized team practice activities. Programs may run a maximum of 14 weeks.

20: Clubs may begin 2006 mini-camps (mandatory or voluntary).

26-30: NFL Annual Meeting.

APRIL

21: Deadline for signing of Offer Sheets by Restricted Free Agents.

28: Deadline for Old Club to exercise Right of First Refusal to Restricted Free Agents.

29-30: Annual Player Selection Meeting, New York, N.Y.

MAY

10-12: Coaches Career Development Symposium.

16: Except for a three-day mini-camp held within 15 days of the draft, this is the first day that players eligible for the 2006 Draft are permitted to participate in mini-camps, practices, or meetings. If final examinations at a player's school conclude after this date, the player is prohibited from participating in any activities until after the player's final day of examinations. If the player has left or leaves school, he is prohibited from participating in any club activities until after the final day of examinations at his school.

23-25: NFL Spring Meeting.

27: World Bowl XIV

JUNE

1: Deadline for Old Club to send tender to its unsigned Restricted Free Agents or to extend Qualifying Offer, whichever is greater, in order to retain rights.

1: Deadline for Old Club to send tender to its unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents to retain rights if player is not signed by another club by July 22.

2: There is no June 1 signing bonus acceleration rule in effect for the 2006 League Year. Any unamortized signing bonus amounts will be included in 2006 Team Salary for any players removed from the teams roster on or after June 2.

2: Any unamortized signing bonus amounts will be included in the succeeding year's Team Salary for any players removed from the team's roster other than by trade.

15: Deadline for club to withdraw Qualifying Offer to Restricted Free Agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender of one-year contract at 110 percent of previous year's Paragraph 5 salary (with all other terms carried forward unchanged).

25-28: Rookie Symposium.

JULY

Mid-July: Preseason training camps open. Clubs not permitted to open official preseason camp earlier than July 5. Veteran players cannot be required to report earlier than 15 days prior to club's first pre-season game or July 15, whichever is later. The July 15 date is not applicable to clubs playing five pre-season games. Except for quarterbacks and "injured" players, veterans cannot participate in any organized football activity for 10 days prior to mandatory reporting date.

15: On or after this date a club that extends an existing Player Contract for a Franchise Player shall not be deemed to have utilized its Franchise Player designation for the period of the extension.

22*: Signing period ends at 4 p.m., New York time, for Unrestricted Free Agents to whom a June 1 tender was made by Old Club, and for Transition Players with outstanding tenders. After this date and through 4 p.m., New York time, on the Tuesday after the 10th regular season weekend, Old Club has exclusive negotiating rights to these players.

AUGUST

5-7: Hall of Fame Weekend.

7: Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio.

8: If a Drafted Rookie has not signed with his club by this date, he may not be traded to any other club in 2006.

8: Deadline for players under contract to report to earn a season of free agency credit.

10-14: First Preseason Weekend.

12-16: Clubs have until five days prior to their game on the second preseason weekend to provide written notice to certain unsigned players and the NFLPA of their intent to place them on the Exempt List if they fail to report no later than one day prior to that weekends game. Any player who fails to report prior to the deadline will be ineligible to play or receive compensation for at least three games (preseason or regular season) from the time that he reports.

17-21: Second Preseason Weekend.

24-28: Third Preseason Weekend.

29: Roster cut-down to maximum of 65 players on Active List by 4 p.m., New York time.

30: All tryouts on this date and for the remainder of the season must be reported to the League office.

31-September 1: Fourth Preseason Weekend.
 
Opening night will almost definitely be September 7th.

Interesting additional details:

NFL likely to open season in Pittsburgh

NFL.com wire reports

NEW YORK (Feb. 13, 2006) -- The 2006 NFL season most likely will start in Pittsburgh on Sept. 7, keeping with a recent trend of beginning the schedule with the current Super Bowl champion.



The Thursday opener could be part of a doubleheader, one beginning at 6 p.m. ET and the second at 9. p.m., NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said. He also said the league is still open to a game overseas for the 2006 season, perhaps in London's Wembley Stadium.

The 2006 schedule will be disclosed in April, although some games, such as the opener, may be announced earlier.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/9231237
 
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With all the talk about the lack of a CBA perhaps holding up the start of free agency for March 3rd, would they be sooo cruel to delay the NFL draft as well?

:eek: I sure hope not!!

 
Free Agency Period may be delayed.

NFL hopes to run delay on 'season'

BY GARY MYERS

DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

The NFL free agent market is scheduled to open March 3, but it could be pushed back until April 1 if there is enough progress made in the next couple of weeks in negotiations for an extension of the collective bargaining agreement.

According to a source with knowledge of the talks, there have been advances in some areas since the Super Bowl ended 10 days ago that could lead to a delay in free agency. The NFL and the union still have a very long way to go, but the sense of urgency has intensified.
And to give credit where credit is due, this was reported days ago on PFT.Link

 
missing one date

July 22 -- Signing period ends at 4:00 PM ET for unrestricted free agents who received June 1 tender.

 
COMBINE AGENDA

Players arrive in Indianapolis in four groups, beginning Wednesday [Feb 22nd] with offensive linemen, place-kickers, running backs and long snappers. On Thursday, quarterbacks, wide receivers and more running backs arrive, followed Friday by tight ends and defensive linemen, and Saturday by linebackers and defensive backs. Each group faces a four-day regimen:

• Day 1: Check in at the Crowne Plaza hotel, take a shuttle to Methodist Hospital for pre-exam X-rays and lab work. Return to the hotel and proceed to the Cybex testing area, where they face an iso-kinetic test to determine muscular strength, power and endurance. Individual team interviews are scheduled 8 p.m.-11 p.m.

• Day 2: Medical examinations begin, including precise documentation of height, weight, arm length and hand span. Next comes the Wonderlic test, a 50-question test that must be completed in 12 minutes, and the bench press, during which players are asked to perform as many repetitions as possible with a 225-pound weight. Individual team interviews are scheduled 7 p.m.-11 p.m.

• Day 3: The day revolves around psychological testing. It begins with an 8 a.m. meeting with the NFL Players Association and moves to various psychological tests from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Individual team interviews are scheduled 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

• Day 4: Finally, workout day. Players begin with warm-up and flexibility drills. Then, they're timed at 10-, 20- and 40-yard intervals. Next are position-specific skill drills. Players then move to the vertical jump and broad jump before finishing their day with the 20- and 60-yard shuttles and three-cone drill.

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COMBINE AGENDA

Players arrive in Indianapolis in four groups, beginning Wednesday [Feb 22nd] with offensive linemen, place-kickers, running backs and long snappers. On Thursday, quarterbacks, wide receivers and more running backs arrive, followed Friday by tight ends and defensive linemen, and Saturday by linebackers and defensive backs. Each group faces a four-day regimen:

• Day 1: Check in at the Crowne Plaza hotel, take a shuttle to Methodist Hospital for pre-exam X-rays and lab work. Return to the hotel and proceed to the Cybex testing area, where they face an iso-kinetic test to determine muscular strength, power and endurance. Individual team interviews are scheduled 8 p.m.-11 p.m.

• Day 2: Medical examinations begin, including precise documentation of height, weight, arm length and hand span. Next comes the Wonderlic test, a 50-question test that must be completed in 12 minutes, and the bench press, during which players are asked to perform as many repetitions as possible with a 225-pound weight. Individual team interviews are scheduled 7 p.m.-11 p.m.

• Day 3: The day revolves around psychological testing. It begins with an 8 a.m. meeting with the NFL Players Association and moves to various psychological tests from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Individual team interviews are scheduled 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

• Day 4: Finally, workout day. Players begin with warm-up and flexibility drills. Then, they're timed at 10-, 20- and 40-yard intervals. Next are position-specific skill drills. Players then move to the vertical jump and broad jump before finishing their day with the 20- and 60-yard shuttles and three-cone drill.

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tv schedule on NFL NetworkF ollowing is the schedule of NFL Network’s day-by-day programming:

• Thursday, February 23

2:00-4:00 PM ET – Press conferences (LIVE)

• Friday, February 24

2 :00-4:00 PM ET – Press conferences (LIVE)

• Saturday, February 25

11:00 AM-2:00 PM ET -- Workouts: offensive linemen and running backs (LIVE)

2:00-4:00 PM ET –Press conferences (LIVE)

• Sunday, February 26

11:00 AM -2:00 PM ET -- Workouts: quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs (LIVE)

2:00-4:00 PM ET – Press conferences (LIVE)

• Monday, February 27

11:00 AM-2:00 PM ET -- Workouts: tight ends, defensive lineman (LIVE)

• Tuesday, February 28

11:00 AM-2:00 PM ET -- Workouts: linebackers, defensive backs (LIVE)

 
Sorry if I missed it, but does anyone know an approximate date for when the complete NFL schedule is released?
I always remember it being around the draft. But if anyone knows for sure please post here.
 

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