August 12 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins joint practice with Washington Commanders, Ashburn, Virginia.<\/p>\n
August 13-15 \u2014\u00a0First Preseason Weekend. Dolphins at Washington, Friday, August 14, 7 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n August 20 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins joint practice with New York Giants, Baptist Health Training Complex.<\/p>\n August 20-23 \u2014\u00a0Second Preseason Weekend. N.Y. Giants at Dolphins, Saturday, August 22, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n August 27-29 \u2014\u00a0Third Preseason Weekend. Atlanta at Dolphins, Friday, August 28, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n August 30 \u2014 Prior to 6:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players on the Active\/Inactive List.<\/p>\n Simultaneously with the roster reduction to 53 players, clubs that have players in the categories of Active\/Physically Unable to Perform or Active\/Non-Football Injury or Illness must select one of the following options: place player on Reserve\/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve\/NonFootball Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; terminate or request waivers with the designation of Failed Physical or Non-Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the Active List.<\/p>\n Clubs are permitted to designate for return a maximum of two players who are placed on an Players who are on the Reserve List or Exempt List and are not counting against the 90-player August 31 \u2014\u00a0Claiming period for players placed on waivers at the final roster reduction will expire at 1:00 p.m., New York time.<\/p>\n Upon receipt of the subsequent Personnel Notice, clubs may establish a Practice Squad of 17 Beginning at 4:00 p.m., New York time, any player placed on Reserve\/Injured, Reserve\/NonFootball Injury or Illness, or Practice Squad; Injured during the regular season or postseason, SEPTEMBER 2026<\/p>\n September 9-10, 13-14 \u2014\u00a0Kickoff Weekend<\/p>\n September 13 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m.<\/p>\n September 20 \u2014 Dolphins at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.<\/p>\n September 27 \u2014 Kansas City at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n September 29 \u2014\u00a0Beginning on the day after the completion of the third regular season weekend, the claiming priority will be based on current standings, and ties will be broken based on current strength-ofschedule of the involved clubs. If ties still exist, they will be broken by strength-of-victory, point differential, and then by lot. Before this date, the Dolphins are 11th in the waiver priority order based on their 2025 finish.<\/p>\n OCTOBER 2026<\/p>\n October 2, 5-6 \u2014\u00a0Beginning on the day after a club\u2019s fourth regular season game (including any bye week), it is permitted to activate players on Reserve\/Physically Unable to Perform and Reserve\/NonFootball Injury or Illness (if the player failed his preseason physical due to a non-football injury or illness) prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time. <\/p>\n October 4 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins at Minnesota, 4:05 p.m.<\/p>\n October 11 \u2014\u00a0Cincinnati at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n October 18 \u2014 Dolphins bye<\/p>\n October 20-21 \u2014\u00a0Fall League Meeting (New York, New York).<\/p>\n October 25 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n NOVEMBER 2026<\/p>\n November 1 \u2014\u00a0New England at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n November 8 \u2014\u00a0Detroit at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n November 10 \u2014\u00a0All trading ends for 2026 at 4:00 p.m., New York time.<\/p>\n November 11 \u2014\u00a0Players with at least four previous pension-credited seasons are subject to the waiver system for the remainder of the regular season and postseason.<\/p>\n November 15 \u2014\u00a0Dophins at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n November 22 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins at Buffalo, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n November 29 \u2014\u00a0N.Y. Jets at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n DECEMBER 2026<\/p>\n December 6 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins at Denver, 4:05 p.m.<\/p>\n December 9 \u2014\u00a0Special League Meeting (Virtual).<\/p>\n December 13 \u2014\u00a0Chicago at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n December 20 \u2014\u00a0Dolphins at Green Bay, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n December 27 \u2014\u00a0L.A. Chargers at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n JANUARY 2027<\/p>\n January 3 \u2014\u00a0Buffalo at Dolphins, 1 p.m.<\/p>\n January 9-10 \u2014\u00a0Regular season finale, Dolphins at New England, TBA<\/p>\n January 11 \u2014\u00a0During the period beginning the Monday following the final regular season weekend through the conclusion of the final postseason game, assignments of player contracts will be deferred until the first business day after the Super Bowl. Terminations of player contracts will occur at the expiration of the claiming period.<\/p>\n A club that is participating in the playoffs may sign players whose contracts have been Clubs may begin signing free agent players for the 2027 season, including players from the Earliest permissible date for clubs to renegotiate or extend the rookie contract of a drafted
applicable Reserve List during the business day of the final roster reduction. Any such player
will immediately count against the club\u2019s number of designations, even if the player does not
subsequently return to practice.<\/p>\n
limit will begin to count against the 90-player limit.<\/p>\n
players, as long as one player qualifies and is designated as an International Player. No club,
including the player\u2019s prior club, will be permitted to sign a player to a practice player contract
until all clubs have received simultaneous notification via the above Personnel Notice that such
player\u2019s prior NFL player contract has been terminated via the waiver system.<\/p>\n
may be designated for return later in the season, subject to the applicable procedures.<\/p>\n
terminated to its Active\/Inactive List, Practice Squad (if applicable), or Reserve\/Future List. A
club whose playing season has concluded may sign such players to its Reserve\/Future List
only.<\/p>\n
CFL.<\/p>\n
rookie who was selected in any round of the 2024 NFL Draft or any undrafted rookie who signed
in 2025. Any permissible renegotiated or extended player contract will not be considered a
rookie contract and will not be subject to the rules that limit rookie contracts.<\/p>\n
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