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February 18 |
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Houston Texans Expansion Draft, Houston, Texas. |
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February 21 |
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Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players. |
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February 28-March 4 |
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Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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February 28 |
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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 28 |
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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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March 1 |
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Veteran free agency signing period begins. |
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March 1 |
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Trading period begins. |
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March 4 |
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NFL Europe League training camps open. |
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March 17-22 |
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NFL Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. |
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April 13 |
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NFL Europe League season begins. |
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April 15 |
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Signing period ends for restricted free agents. |
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April 19 |
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Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted
free agents. |
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April 20-21 |
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NFL Draft, New York City. |
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May 14-15 |
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NFL Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas. |
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June 1 |
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Deadline for old clubs to
send tender to unsigned unrestricted free agents to receive
exclusive negotiating rights for rest of season if player is not
signed by another club by July 22. |
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June 1 |
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Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted
free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive
negotiating rights. |
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June 15 |
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Deadline for old clubs to withdraw original qualifying offer to
unsigned restricted free agents
and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender
of 110 percent of previous year’s salary. |
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June 15 |
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NFL Europe League regular season ends. |
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June 22 |
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World Bowl X, Dusseldorf, Germany. |
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July 22 |
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Signing period ends at 4:00 PM ET for unrestricted free agents who
received June 1 tender. |
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August 3 |
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American Bowl, Osaka, Japan – San Francisco 49ers vs. Washington
Redskins. |
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August 5 |
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Pro Football Hall of Fame Game – Houston Texans vs. New York Giants. |
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September 8-9 |
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Kickoff 2002 Weekend. |
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December 28-30 |
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Regular season ends. |