face difficult decisions<\/a>\u00a0on that front). From there, we\u2019ll transition into pro free agency, then the college draft, then college free agency. Get ready for significant change over the next couple of months.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Here are the most important dates throughout the 2026 offseason for the Jacksonville Jaguars.<\/p>\n
February 17:\u00a0Teams may begin designating franchise\/transition players<\/p>\n
February 23-March 2:\u00a0NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis<\/p>\n
March 3:\u00a0Teams must designate franchise\/transition players before 4 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
March 9-11:\u00a0Free-agency negotiation period begins on the 9th at noon ET<\/p>\n
March 11:\u00a0New league year begins at 4 p.m. ET (free agent deals and trades become official)<\/p>\n
March 29-April 1:\u00a0Annual League Meeting in Phoenix<\/p>\n
April 6:\u00a0Teams with a new head coach may begin offseason workout programs<\/p>\n
April 20:\u00a0Teams with a returning head coach may begin offseason workout programs<\/p>\n
April 23:\u00a0Last day for teams to bring 30 draft-eligible players to their facility for visits<\/p>\n
April 23-25:\u00a02026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh<\/p>\n
May 1:\u00a0Deadline to exercise fifth-year option for 2022 first-round draft picks<\/p>\n
May 1-4 or May 8-11:\u00a0Rookie minicamp<\/p>\n
July 15: Deadline to sign a designated franchise player to a multiyear contract extension<\/p>\n
Late July: Training camp begins (exact dates TBD)<\/p>\n
What are you looking forward to most this offseason? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Super Bowl LX is in the books, and we are officially on to the 2026-27 NFL season. Every…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[380,7,4609,2004,212,125,2401,213,1302,61373,6,520],"class_list":{"0":"post-741637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-free-agency","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","14":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","15":"tag-jaguars","16":"tag-james-gladstone","17":"tag-miller-electric-center","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-pittsburgh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116044022673610699","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741637","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=741637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}