In addition to providing all of the latest breaking fantasy football news, we also offer important NFL calendar dates to help keep you thinking about your fantasy football draft strategy while your opponents are busy following basketball. Yeah, we’re like that.
| Date |
Event |
| February 21-27 |
NFL Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| February 22 |
Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players. |
| March 1 |
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. |
| March 1 |
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. |
| March 2 |
Veteran free agency signing period begins. |
| March 2 |
Trading period begins. |
| March 18 |
NFL Europe League season begins. |
| March 25-28 |
NFL Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona. |
| April 14 |
NFL Europa season begins. |
| April 21 |
Signing period ends for restricted free agents. |
| April 27 |
Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents. |
| April 28-29 |
NFL Draft, New York City, New York. |
| May 22-23 |
NFL Spring Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. |
| June 1 |
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. |
| June 1 |
Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights. |
| June 15 |
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. |
| June 16 |
NFL Europe League season ends. |
| June 23 |
World Bowl XV, Frankfurt, Germany. |
| June 24-27 |
NFL Rookie Symposium, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. |
| Late July |
Training camps open. |
| July 22 |
Signing period ends at 4:00 PM ET for unrestricted free agents who received June 1 tender. |
| August 5 |
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio. |
| August 9-13 |
First preseason weekend. |
| August 28 |
Roster cutdown to maximum of 75 players. |
| September 1 |
Roster cutdown to maximum of 53 players. |
| September 6-10 |
Kickoff 2007 weekend. |
| October 16 |
Trading deadline. |
