{"id":10718,"date":"2025-01-16T11:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10718"},"modified":"2025-01-16T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:40:18","slug":"hot-news-key-dates-for-cleveland-browns-2025-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=10718","title":{"rendered":"HOT NEWS: Key Dates For Cleveland Browns 2025 Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_8001,h_4500,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_912,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/browns_digest\/01jhnn6tfyp4q5bnhy4w.jpg\" alt=\"Feb 28, 2024; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski speaks at a press conference at the NFL Scouting Combine at Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While eight lucky teams continue to duke it out on a path towards the Super Bowl, the\u00a0<strong>Cleveland Browns<\/strong>\u00a0are diving head first into a critical offseason, with plenty of key decisions to make.<\/p>\n<p>One of those decisions was answered just a little over a week after the regular season came to a close as Cleveland opted for promoting Tommy Rees to serve as offensive coordinator after firing Ken Dorsey. With that box checked the Browns can now start focusing on the next phase of the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Considering that the Browns hold the No. 2 overall pick in this year&#8217;s draft, the pre-draft process, featuring events like the Senior Bowl, the NFL Combine, Pro Days and more, will be a pivotal time for the franchise to get a better read on this year&#8217;s crop of college players entering the NFL and what exactly they want to do with the second pick.<\/p>\n<p>Rebuilding Cleveland&#8217;s roster starts now for vice president of football operations and general manager Andrew Berry and will play out over the course of the next three months.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the important dates and notable offseason events for Browns fans to be aware of.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cleveland Browns: General Manager Andrew Berry Shares A Major Update About QB Deshaun Watson\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itfRjjB0keo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jan. 30 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>East-West Shrine Bowl, AT&amp;T Stadium, Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 1 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Senior Bowl, Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, Alabama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 18 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Opening of clubs to designate players with Franchise or Transition tag starting at 4:00 p.m., New York time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 24 &#8211; March 3 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0NFL Scouting Combine<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 4 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players by 4:00 p.m. New York time<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 10 &#8211; 12<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0&#8220;Legal tempering&#8221; opens at 12:00 p.m. noon, New York time, allowing clubs to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of players who will become unrestricted free agents upon the expiration of their 2024 player contracts at 4:00 p.m. New York time on March 12<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 12 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The 2025 League Year and free agency signing period begin at 4:00 p.m., New York time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 30 &#8211; April 2 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Annual League Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 16 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit, interview or conduct a physical examination with a draft-eligible player at its club facility<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 18 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 21 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workout programs<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 24 &#8211; 26 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>NFL Draft, Green Bay, Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 1\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Deadline for clubs to exercise Fifth-Year Option for players selected in the first round of the 2022 Draft<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2-5 or 9-12 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-Draft rookie minicamp<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 12 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Rookie Football Development Programs begin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 20 &#8211; 21 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Spring League Meeting\/Coach Accelerator, Minneapolis, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p><strong>Late May &#8211; Early June \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Organized team activities are held at team facilities<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid-June \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Mandatory veteran minicamps are held at team facilities<\/p>\n<p><strong>July 15 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Deadline for any club that designated a Franchise Player to sign such player to a multiyear contract or extension by 4:00 p.m. New York Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid-July \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Clubs are permitted to open preseason training camp for rookies (defined as a player who has never signed an NFL player contract with a club in a prior league year) beginning seven days prior to the club\u2019s mandatory reporting date for veteran players<\/p>\n<p><strong>Late July \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>NFL training camps commence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While eight lucky teams continue to duke it out on a path towards the Super Bowl, the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0are diving head first into a critical offseason, with plenty&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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