The annual NFL calendar keeps on turning.
Here are key dates to keep an eye on for the Chargers during the 2025 NFL offseason:
MARCH
Mar. 20 - Deadline for all Clubs to submit their individual lists of Physician-Certified Candidates for the 2025 Extended Injury Protection Benefit.
Mar. 30 - Apr. 2 - Annual League Meeting (The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida)
Mar. 31 - Deadline for clubs to meet 2025 funding requirements for guaranteed or deferred compensation in NFL Player Contracts and contracts for non-player Club employees.
APRIL
Apr. 7 - Clubs that hired a new Head Coach after the end of the 2024 regular season may begin offseason workout programs.
Apr. 16 - Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit, interview, or conduct a physical examination with a draft-eligible player at its club facility.
Apr. 18 - Deadline for Restricted Free Agents to sign Offer Sheets.
Apr. 21 - Clubs with returning Head Coaches may begin offseason workout programs.
Apr. 23 - Deadline for Prior Club to exercise Right of First Refusal to Restricted Free Agents who signed offer sheets.
Deadline for clubs to time, test, visit, interview (including video and phone calls), or conduct a physical examination with a draft-eligible player at any location.
Apr. 24-26 - Annual Selection Meeting/NFL Draft (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Apr. 29 - Deadline for Prior Club to send "April 29 Tender" to its unsigned Unrestricted Free Agents. If the player has not signed a Player Contract with a Club by July 22 or the first scheduled day of the first NFL training camp, whichever is later, he may negotiate or sign a Player Contract from that date until the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, at 1:00 p.m. (PT) only with his Prior Club.
MAY
May 1 - Deadline for Clubs to exercise Fifth-Year Option for players selected in the first round of the 2022 Draft.
May 2-5 or 9-12 - Clubs may elect to hold their one three-day post-Draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday on one of the two weekends following the Draft.
May 12 - Rookie Football Development Programs begin.
May 15-18 (Tentative) - NFLPA Rookie Premiere (TBD)
May 20-21 - Spring League Meeting/Coach Accelerator (Omni Viking Lakes Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
May 31 - Deadline for all clubs to conduct physical examinations pursuant to CBA Article 45, Section 7(c) for players claiming the Extended Injury Protection Benefit for the 2025 season.
