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Cowboys Offseason Dates and Other Info

Posted: February 9, 2010 @ 6:32 am

Someday, in the distant future, the Dallas Cowboys will return to training camp. Oh, how we count the days.

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Someday, in the distant future, the Dallas Cowboys will return to training camp. Oh, how we count the days.

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Well, with the Super Bowl come and gone, I guess it really is the 2010 NFL offseason. So let’s review some important information.

On Tuesday, the injured Cowboys from the 2009 draft who missed the season, return to training.

That process continues for [Robert] Brewster and [Brandon] Williams on Tuesday, when they get a head start on the eight-week off-season program their teammates will begin in March. With Brewster’s torn pectoral muscle healed, and Williams’ torn ACL in good enough shape to begin simple leg work, the players are ready to start moving past their respective rehab stages. [Stephen] Hodge, who had the more invasive microfracture surgery for his knee injury, is a bit farther behind, but continues to work with trainers and strength and conditioning coach Joe Juraszek to complete his own comeback.

What’s coming up for the Cowboys and the rest of the NFL? Glad you asked, here’s your offseason schedule.

Feb. 18-24 — NFL Scouting Combine.

Feb. 19 — Deadline for teams to designate franchise and transition players.

Feb. 26 — Deadline for submission of qualifying offers by clubs to their restricted free agents whose contracts have expired and to whom they desire to retain a right of first refusal/compensation.

Feb. 26 — Deadline for clubs to submit offer of minimum salary to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with fewer than three seasons of free-agency credit whose contracts have expired.

Feb. 27 — Free agency begins. Trading period begins.

March 22-25 — NFL Annual Meeting.

April 17 — Signing period ends for restricted free agents.

April 24 — Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.

April 25-26 — NFL Draft.

May 18-20 — NFL Spring Meeting.

June 1 — Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned unrestricted free agents to receive exclusive negotiating rights for rest of season if player is not signed by another club by July 22. Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted free agents or to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights.

June 15 — Deadline for old clubs to withdraw original qualifying offer to unsigned restricted free agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender of 110 percent of previous year’s salary.

June 28-July 1 — NFL Rookie Symposium.

June 22 — Signing period for unrestricted free agents who received June 1 tender ends at 4 p.m. ET.

We don’t know the dates of our scheduled opponents yet, but we know who they are and the home and away games. Besides the obvious home/away series with each NFC East team, we have the following:

Home:

New Orleans Saints

Chicago Bears

Detroit Lions

Jacksonville Jaguars

Tennessee Titans

Road:

Green Bay Packers

Minnesota Vikings

Arizona Cardinals

Houston Texans

Indianapolis Colts

We play the NFC North, the AFC South plus the Arizona Cardinals and the New Orleans Saints.

Oh yeah, and once we get past all that, what’s the odds that the Cowboys will be playing in a game very similar to the one just played on Sunday? Only this time at Cowboys Stadium? Bodog says the Super Bowl odds for next year are:

Indianapolis Colts - 13/2

San Diego Chargers - 8/1

New England Patriots - 10/1

New Orleans Saints - 10/1

Pittsburgh Steelers - 11/1

Dallas Cowboys - 12/1

Green Bay Packers - 12/1

Minnesota Vikings - 12/1


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