What’s next on the NFL calendar? Important dates to watch within 2023-2024 league year

[ladypanther]

The NFL announced the important dates for its upcoming league year on Tuesday. Here are some of the major dates to keep an eye out for:

July 17 — At 4 p.m. ET, deadline for any club that designated a “franchise player” to sign such player to a multi-year contract or extension. After this date, the player may sign only a one-year contract with his prior club for the 2023 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 beginning seven days prior to the club’s earliest permissible mandatory reporting date for veteran players. A club’s preseason training camp will be deemed to have officially opened on the designated reporting date for all rookies. Clubs may require first-year players (defined as a player who signed a player contract with any NFL club in a prior league year, but who does not have a pension-credited season) to report on the designated reporting date for all rookies, or at any time thereafter, including, but not limited to, the designated reporting date for veteran quarterbacks and injured players, or the designated reporting date for all other veteran players.

Veteran quarterbacks and “injured players” (as defined in CBA Article 21, Section 6) may be required to report to the club’s preseason training camp no earlier than five days immediately prior to the mandatory reporting date for all other veteran players, provided the club has already opened (or simultaneously opens) its official preseason training camp for all rookies. Beginning on the date that the first training camp opens for rookies through the last business day prior to the Super Bowl, all tryouts and visits will be reported to clubs on the personnel notice.

Aug. 3 — Hall of Fame Game, New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns, Canton, Ohio.

Aug. 8 — If a drafted rookie has not signed with his club by this date, he cannot be traded to any other club in 2023 and may sign a player contract only with the drafting club until the day of the draft in the 2024 league year.

Aug. 10-13 — First preseason weekend.

Aug. 29 — Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players on the active/inactive list.

Simultaneously with the roster reduction to 53 players, clubs that have players in the categories of active/physically unable to perform or active/non-football injury or illness must select one of the following options: place player on reserve/PUP or reserve/non-football injury or illness, whichever is applicable; terminate or request waivers with the designation of failed physical or non-football injury or illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the active list.

Players who are on the reserve list or exempt list and are not counting against the 90-player limit will begin to count against the 90-player limit.

Aug. 30 — Claiming period for players placed on waivers at the final roster reduction will expire at noon ET. Upon receipt of the subsequent personnel notice, clubs may establish a practice squad of 16 players. Clubs participating in the international player development program may sign one additional international player to a practice player contract. No club, including the player’s prior club, will be permitted to sign a player to a practice player contract until all clubs have received simultaneous notification via the above personnel notice that such player’s prior NFL player contract has been terminated via the waiver system.

Beginning at 4 p.m. ET, any player placed on reserve/injured, reserve/non-football injury or illness, or practice squad; injured during the regular season or postseason, may be designated for return later in the season, subject to the applicable procedures.

Sept. 3 — Final day of preseason training camp for all clubs, as defined in CBA Article 23, Section 10.

Sept. 7, 10-11 — Kickoff weekend.

Oct. 1 — NFL International game at Wembley Stadium; Atlanta Falcons vs. Jacksonville Jaguars; London.

Oct. 31 — All trading ends for 2023 at 4 p.m., ET.

 

https://theathletic.com/4626052/2023/06/20/nfl-calendar-2023-2024/

[Mr. Scot]

What's next is a whole lot of waiting

[Jon Snow]

16 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

What's next is a whole lot of waiting

[ladypanther]

[t96]

brutal next month

[ladypanther]

I don't think that anyone can be more brutal than waiting for the draft this year....lol

[Mr. Scot]

This time last year I probably barely gave a sh-t because my expectations were so low.

Now...

[ladypanther]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

This time last year I probably barely gave a sh-t because my expectations were so low.

Now...

[Mr. Scot]

Meanwhile...

 

[ladypanther]

^ Wow....brutal stuff.

[Burnout189]

11 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Meanwhile...

 

Ugh. Vomit.

[Mr. Scot]

Josh Klein has been hammering them mercilessly

 

Edited June 23, 2023 by Mr. Scot