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Agents and teams typically use the NFL Scouting Combine to do more than measure prospects \u2014 through conversations, they get a sense of the pending free agent market.<\/p>\n

This season, the two sides won\u2019t have to think too far back to those conversations. The NFL\u2019s legal tampering window will open March 9, one day after the conclusion of the Combine. Typically, teams have at least a week between when they leave Indianapolis and when free agency begins.<\/p>\n

The Feb. 14 Super Bowl in Los Angeles and April 29-May 1 draft in Washington, D.C., were previously set. The NFL announced other key dates for the upcoming season Tuesday:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Aug. 30:<\/b> Teams must whittle their roster to 53 players
\u2022 Nov. 10:<\/b> Trade deadline
\u2022 Feb. 14:<\/b> Super Bowl LXI in Los Angeles
\u2022 March 1-8<\/b>: NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis
\u2022 March 9:<\/b> Legal tampering window opens
\u2022 March 11:<\/b> First day of the league year
\u2022 March 21<\/b>: NFL\u2019s annual meeting in Phoenix
\u2022 April 29-May 1:<\/b> NFL draft in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

The NFL will hold its fall quarterly meeting in New York City from Oct. 20-21 and its spring quarterly meeting in Las Colinas, Texas, from May 25-26. Those could prove critical for the Bears<\/a>, as owners need to vote to approve a stadium site<\/a> once the team chooses one.<\/p>\n

The Bears report to training camp at the end of this month.<\/p>\n\n

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Agents and teams typically use the NFL Scouting Combine to do more than measure prospects \u2014 through conversations, they get a sense of the pending free agent market. This season, the two sides won\u2019t have to think too far back to those conversations. The NFL\u2019s legal tampering window will open March 9, one day after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cnn-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/governedbyidiots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}