Date
| Event
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February 18-24
| Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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February 20
| Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players.
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February 24
| NFL Europe League training camps open.
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February 27
| 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.
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February 27
| 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.
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February 28
| Veteran free agency signing period begins.
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February 28
| Trading period begins.
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March 23-26
| NFL Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
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April 18
| Signing period ends for restricted free agents.
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April 25
| Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.
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April 26-27
| NFL Draft, New York City.
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