| Day | Date | Stage | Comments |
| Monday | 27-Jan | Welcome to 2018 | New Year File available for import. No export required. |
| Sunday | 11-Feb | Staff Draft/Stadium Requests | Export Staff Draft Preferences/Stadium Renovation Requests (Optional) |
| Sunday | 18-Feb | Franchise Tag/Ticket Prices | Last chance to apply Franchise Tag. Only time to set ticket prices |
| Monday | 18-Feb | WINTER BREAK | Plenty of time to examine FA Market. Draft class is also exposed. |
| Tuesday | 13-Mar | Aspiring writers add off-season intrigue stories to Web Site | |
| Sunday | 25-Feb | Optional | 3 OPTIONAL interims for those wanting to take a slow, measured approach to FA1 |
| Sunday | 4-Mar | Optional | The stage will not be advance, but offers can still be made and accepted or rejected |
| Sunday | 11-Mar | Optional | |
| Thursday | 15-Mar | FA1 | Can make offers to RFA’s and extensions to players already under contract |
| Sunday | 18-Mar | FA2 | Unrestricted Free Agency Begins – Free to negotiate with any UFA |
| Wednesday | 21-Mar | FA3 | |
| Sunday | 25-Mar | FA4 | |
| Wednesday | 28-Mar | FA5 | |
| Sunday | 1-Apr | FA6 | |
| Wednesday | 4-Apr | FA7 | |
| Sunday | 8-Apr | FA8 | |
| Wednesday | 11-Apr | FA9 | |
| Sunday | 15-Apr | FA10 | |
| Wednesday | 18-Apr | FA11 | |
| Sunday | 22-Apr | FA12 | |
| Thursday | 26-Apr | Draft Begins | Slow roll – Will likely last a week or more. GM’s responsibility to register for and understand how to use the conscriptor. |
| Sunday | 13-May | LFA1 | Unsigned RFA’s become UFA’s. Teams can make offers on any remaining FA’s in the pool, including Veteran UFA’s. Rookie UDFA’s |
| Sunday | 20-May | LFA2 | |
| Sunday | 27-May | LFA3 | |
| Sunday | 3-Jun | LFA4 | |
| Sunday | 10-Jun | LFA5 | |
| Monday | 11-Jun | SUMMER BREAK | Plenty of time to evaluate roster, devise weight training plan, create/edit playbooks. |
| Saturday | 28-Jul | USE IT WELL | |
| Sunday | 29-Jul | TRAINING CAMP | One of the MOST important exports of the season. THE ONLY CHANCE YOU HAVE TO CREATE/ADJUST PLAYBOOKS, PLAYER WEIGHT TRAINING |
| Wednesday | 1-Aug | Pre-Season Week 1 Midweek | Pre-Season begins – Injuries are severely curtailed (65 rather than 225), but they DO still occur. Proceed with caution in game planning. |
| Sunday | 5-Aug | Pre-Season Week 1 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 8-Aug | Pre-Season Week 2 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 12-Aug | Pre-Season Week 2 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 15-Aug | Pre-Season Week 3 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 19-Aug | Pre-Season Week 3 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 22-Aug | Pre-Season Week 4 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 26-Aug | Pre-Season Week 4 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 29-Aug | Pre-Season Week 5 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 2-Sep | Pre-Season Week 5 Game Day | |
| Regular Season | |||
| Wednesday | 5-Sep | Week 1 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 9-Sep | Week 1 Game Day | Last chance to get to 53. Regular Season kicks off |
| Wednesday | 12-Sep | Week 2 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 16-Sep | Week 2 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 19-Sep | Week 3 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 23-Sep | Week 3 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 26-Sep | Week 4 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 30-Sep | Week 4 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 3-Oct | Week 5 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 7-Oct | Week 5 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 10-Oct | Week 6 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 14-Oct | Week 6 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 17-Oct | Week 7 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 21-Oct | Week 7 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 24-Oct | Week 8 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 28-Oct | Week 8 Game Day | TRADE DEADLINE |
| Wednesday | 31-Oct | Week 9 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 4-Nov | Week 9 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 7-Nov | Week 10 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 11-Nov | Week 10 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 14-Nov | Week 11 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 18-Nov | Week 11 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 21-Nov | Week 12 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 25-Nov | Week 12 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 28-Nov | Week 13 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 2-Dec | Week 13 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 5-Dec | Week 14 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 9-Dec | Week 14 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 12-Dec | Week 15 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 16-Dec | Week 15 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 19-Dec | Week 16 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 23-Dec | Week 16 Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 26-Dec | Week 17 Midweek | |
| Sunday | 30-Dec | Week 17 Game Day | |
| PLAYOFFS | |||
| Wednesday | 2-Jan | Wildcard Midweek | |
| Sunday | 6-Jan | Wildcard Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 9-Jan | Divisional Midweek | |
| Sunday | 13-Jan | Divisional Game Day | |
| Wednesday | 16-Jan | Conference Championship Midweek | |
| Sunday | 20-Jan | Conference Championship Game Day | |
| SUPERBOWL | |||
| Wednesday | 23-Jan | Superbowl Midweek | |
| Sunday | 30-Jan | Superbowl Game Day |
