{"id":728314,"date":"2026-02-04T08:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/728314\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T08:01:26","slug":"key-dates-to-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/728314\/","title":{"rendered":"Key dates to know about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 3, 2026, 9:57 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the 2026 NFL offseason underway for the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>, let&#8217;s take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/operations.nfl.com\/gameday\/nfl-schedule\/2026-important-nfl-dates\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">key dates to know<\/a> about over the next few months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Year 1 under the Jagaurs&#8217; new leadership trio of James Gladstone, Tony Bosseli, and Liam Coen was a resounding success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With a new culture in place, a reshaped roster, and different offensive and defensive schemes implemented, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a> went from four wins in 2024 to 13 wins this past year. This included winning the AFC South title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A very strong foundation has been established, which should provide the Jaguars with a jumping-off point heading into 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 23 &#8211; Mar. 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The NFL Scouting Combine.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Mar. 3<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Deadline for teams to designate franchise or transition tag players.<\/p>\n<p>Mar. 9-11<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The free agency legal tampering period is open. Teams can begin negotiating with pending free agents.<\/p>\n<p>Mar. 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Players can officially sign their new free agent deals.<\/p>\n<p>Mar. 29 &#8211; Apr. 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">NFL annual league meeting<\/p>\n<p>Apr. 17<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets<\/p>\n<p>Apr. 20<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Teams with returning head coaches can begin offseason workout programs.<\/p>\n<p>Apr. 23-25<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The NFL draf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 3, 2026, 9:57 a.m. ET With the 2026 NFL offseason underway for the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars, let&#8217;s take a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,96028,95882,95936,95935,95896,95888,95895,96684,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-728314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","16":"tag-sstsnjaguars","17":"tag-tagafc-south","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagliam-coen","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagnfl-scouting-combine","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116011314968503716","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}