The 2021 FFL Calendar


Friday, April 9th, 2021

The FFL re-opens for business today at 12:01 AM EST; teams can begin re-signing up to three of their restricted free agents (RFAs), trade with other teams, and trade away 2021 and 2022 1st and 2nd round draft picks, as well as 2021 3rd round draft picks.

Sunday, April 18th, 2021

FFL Draft Lottery (approx. 3:05 PM EST)
FFL Divisional Switch Lottery (approx. 3:10 PM EST)
FFL Schedule Release (approx. 3:30 PM EST)

Sunday, May 9th, 2021

This is the final day for coaches to re-sign their maximum three RFAs; once this deadline passes, coaches will relinquish their rights to all remaining RFAs, and those players will be eligible for inclusion on the Free Agent bidding list.

Saturday, June 19th, 2021-Sunday June 27th, 2021

At some point during this time period, the commissioner will formally announce whether the 2021 FFL Draft/Free Agency Day will be held at a physical location or via Zoom.

Sunday, June 20th, 2021

The commissioner will release a list of players eligible to be bid on during FFL Free Agency Day. Coaches will have one week to request the addition of players to this list.

Sunday, June 27th, 2021

This is the final day for coaches to request additions to the FFL Free Agency Day list. After this date passes, only players released between June 28th and the day before the FFL Draft (July 24th) will be added to the list.

Saturday, July 24th, 2021

This is the final day for coaches to release players from their teams and be eligible to re-sign them during Free Agency Day.

Sunday, July 25th, 2021

FFL Draft/Free Agency Day (the 2022 FFL Draft will be held on Sunday, July 24, 2022). The draft will begin at 1:00 PM EST.

Sunday, September 5th, 2021

This is the last day to return drafted rookies on the practice squad that had been activated to the main roster. All drafted rookies are automatically placed on the practice squad until they are activated. Once the season starts rookies who are on active rosters cannot be put on the practice squad, and once a practice squad rookie is activated to a team's main roster he cannot move back down to the practice squad. This is the deadline to have the flexible back-and-forth option.

Sunday, October 31st, 2021

The deadline to make trades is today at noon EST. After this deadline passes, there can be no more trades made until the league re-opens in March or April of 2022.

Sunday, November 21st, 2021

The deadline to sign free agents, activate players from the practice squad, or place players on injured reserve is the kickoff of the 1:00 PM EST games. Once this deadline has passed, any players who are still on waivers can be claimed. If a player is received off of waivers and a player is released to make room for him, then that player will not go to waivers and instead will be declared ineligible to be signed (along with all other free agents) for the remainder of the season.

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