The calendar watch shows:
| March 2 | Prior to 4 p.m. ET, deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players | |
| March 7 | NFL Regional Combine (Lake Forest, Ill.) | |
| March 7-10 | Clubs are permitted to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with the certified agents of players who will become Unrestricted Free Agents upon the expiration of their 2014 contracts at 4 p.m. ET on March 10. However, a contract cannot be executed with a new club until 4 p.m. ET on March 10 | |
| March 10 | Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must exercise options for 2015 on all players who have option clauses in their 2014 contracts | |
| Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit qualifying offers to their Restricted Free Agents with expiring contracts and to whom they desire to retain a Right of First Refusal/Compensation | ||
| Prior to 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2014 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued seasons of free agency credit | ||
| Top-51 Begins. All clubs must be under the 2015 salary cap prior to 4 p.m. ET | ||
| All 2014 player contracts expire at 4 p.m. ET | ||
This is the start of the first round of player movement. As the end of the 2014 calendar NFL season winds down, a few big names have been cut, but as of now, there hasn’t been a lot of news.
Today at 1:00 PM local time, teams need to franchise their players, thus pissing them off, and setting up acrimony for next season. The 49ers likely won’t use their tag, and it looks like a ton of other teams won’t either. KC’s OLB Justin Houston is the only guy who has been tagged thus far. Dez Bryant is reportedly going to be tagged and that should set up an interesting scenario in Jerry-land. He usually throws money around like a drunken sailor, but has he learned discretion being the better part of valor? He has DeMarco Murray to sign as well.
Forty Niners Forever 
Dockett passed a physical for what it’s worth. He and VD are buds. Both from Maryland.
New thread is up.