{"id":10530,"date":"2012-01-25T01:44:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T05:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=10530"},"modified":"2012-01-25T01:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T05:45:20","slug":"upcoming-dates-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2012\/01\/25\/upcoming-dates-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Dates To Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rick Allen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With an outstanding weekend of conference championship football behind us and only a few days until the Super Bowl, it is time to lay out what the NFL off season calendar has in store for the year round football fan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 28<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> &#8211; Senior Bowl &#8211; Kick off at 3pm, NFL Channel- One last chance to watch your favorite college senior or start your own draft depth chart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 29<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> &#8211; NFL Pro Bowl &#8211; 7pm NBC &#8211;\u00a0 With the addition of Brandon Moore replacing Patriots guard Brian Winters and joining offensive line mates D\u2019 Brickashaw Ferguson and Nick Mangold, watch the Jets O-line lead the AFC Pro Bowl team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 5<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> &#8211; Super Bowl XLVI &#8211; 6:25 on NBC- New England Patriots vs. New York Giants in Indianapolis.\u00a0 As if another Super Bowl without the Jets isn\u2019t bad enough, could the matchup be more painful?<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 20<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> &#8211; Teams can begin applying franchise and transition tags to players.\u00a0\u00a0 The Jets have an array of underwhelming free agents with a few solid contributors; Jim Leonhard, Bryan Thomas, Plaxico Burress, and Sione Pouha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 22-28<\/strong> &#8211; NFL Combine with Live Coverage on the NFL Network and NFL.com.\u00a0 If you have not taken a few sick days to watch this already, I would highly recommend it.\u00a0 A great watch for the hard core football fan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 5<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> &#8211; Deadline for teams to apply franchise and transition tags.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> &#8211; Free agency begins at 4pm.\u00a0 Let\u2019s hope for a very busy front office for the New York Jets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 25-28<\/strong> &#8211; NFL Owners Meetings in Palm Beach, FL.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t appear playoff re-seeding will make the agenda this year, but perhaps an additional rule limiting coaches changing teams in the middle of a season might be a hot topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 30-31<\/strong>&#8211; Super Regional Combine in Detroit Michigan, this is an invitation only workout opportunity for future NFL draft picks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid April<\/strong> &#8211; Off season programs begin.\u00a0 Each team is allowed 10 OTA\u2019s during the off season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Late April<\/strong> &#8211; The Official 2012 NFL schedule will be announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 26-28<\/strong> &#8211; The 2012 NFL Draft, ESPN\/NFL Network &#8211; Once again round one will be held Thursday night April 26<sup>th<\/sup> in prime time as it has become a huge television event.\u00a0 Rounds two and three Friday April 27<sup>th<\/sup> and rounds four through 7 Saturday April 28<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Stay tuned to ESPN and NFL Network for full coverage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Late July<\/strong> &#8211; Training camps open round the league.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early August<\/strong> &#8211; The 2012 Pre-season begins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>September 6<\/strong><sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; 2012 -NFL season begins at the stadium of the Super Bowl Champion.<\/p>\n<p>As the long wait begins for the 2012 NFL season one thing is certain, it\u2019s a great time to be a fan of the NFL.\u00a0 Follow all the off season information on <a href=\"..\/\">www.jetnation.com<\/a> and football Sundays will back before you know it.<\/p>\n<p>As a side note, the 2012 Hall of Fame class is announced February 4<sup>th<\/sup> , with the inductions in Canton on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of August.\u00a0 I believe Curtis Martin deserves the honor and it will be bestowed upon him this year.\u00a0 Let\u2019s fill the stands with the green and white and show Curtis Martin how much his effort, performance, and class means to the JetNation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rick Allen With an outstanding weekend of conference championship football behind us and only a few days until the Super Bowl, it is time to lay out what the NFL off season calendar has in store for the year round football fan. 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