January 2 - Clubs may begin renegotiating or extending contracts for players selected in the 2014 NFL Draft.
January 2 - Clubs may exercise fifth-year options for first-round picks in the 2014 NFL Draft.
January 8 - Assistant coaches currently employed by a playoff team that is on a bye may interview for head coaching positions throughout Wild Card Weekend.
January 15 - Assistant coaches currently employed by teams still alive in the playoffs may interview for head coaching positions through the Divisional round of the playoffs.
January 16 - Deadline for college underclassmen to declare for the NFL Draft.
January 21 - East-West Shrine Game
January 28 - Senior Bowl
January 29 - NFL Pro Bowl
January 29 - Assistant coaches currently employed by a Super Bowl team who have already interviewed for a head coaching position may conduct a second interview leading up to the Super Bowl.
February 5 - Super Bowl LI
February 15 - Clubs may begin designating franchise and transition tags.
February 28 to March 6 - NFL Scouting Combine
March 1 - Deadline to designate franchise and transition tags.
March 7 to 9 - From 12:00 p.m. EST on March 7 to 3:59:59 on March 9 clubs may contact and enter contract negotiations with agents of players who will be unrestricted free agents whose contracts expire by 4 p.m. on March 9.
March 9 - Free agency begins.
March 9 - 2017 trading period begins at 4 p.m.
March 26 to 29 - Annual League Meeting
April 3 - Clubs with a first-year head coach may begin offseason workouts.
April 17 - Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workouts.
April 21 - Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets.
April 27 to 29 - NFL Draft
