When is the NFL new league year? Important dates, what to know for 2025 offseason calendar
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Find the noisemakers, release the confetti and pop the champagne. The NFL’s new league year is soon to begin.
While there won’t be a ball drop or crowd of people celebrating in Times Square wearing adult diapers, the NFL’s new year is another significant date on the calendar – at least for sports fans.
At that point, 2024 will become a thing of the past, relegated to the history books to serve as nothing more than a memory moving forward. Previous achievements suddenly don’t have any significance over the current league. The slate is wiped clean, bringing all teams back to a tie in the standings with no wins or losses.
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind.”
You know the tune. Here’s what to know about when to sing it to ring in the NFL’s new league year in 2025.
When is the NFL new league year?
The NFL’s new league year is slated to begin at 4 p.m. ET on March 12, 2025.
The resolutions might not be flowing like they did in January, but this is when teams can begin to make their signings and trades official as the rosters take on a new look.
From this point on, it’s full speed ahead to the 2025 regular season and marks just over a month until the NFL draft.
NFL offseason calendar 2025
- Franchise tag window opens: Feb. 18
- NFL combine: Feb. 24 to March 3
- Franchise tag window closes: March 4
- NFL legal tampering begins: March 10
- NFL free agency, new league year: March 12
- NFL league meetings: March 30 to April 2
- Offseason workouts begin (for teams with new HCs): April 7
- Restricted free agent offer sheet deadline: April 18
- Offseason workouts begin (for teams with returning HCs): April 21
- NFL draft: April 24 to April 26
- Fifth-year option deadline for 2022 first-round picks: May 1
- Rookie minicamps: May 2-5 or May 9-12
- NFL schedule release: Mid-May
- Spring league meeting: May 20 to May 21
- June 1 cuts: June 1
- Franchise tag extension deadline: July 15
- Training camp opens: Mid-to-Late July
- NFL preseason begins: Early August
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