First day of offseason workouts: Monday, April 17 OTA workouts: May 23-25, May 31-June 2, June 12-15 Mandatory Minicamp: June 6-8
For the first day, teams are only allowed to conduct Phase 1 of offseason workouts, which mainly consists of meetings, strength and conditioning, and physical rehab. After two weeks of Phase 1, teams are then permitted to do walkthroughs and positional drills, permitted that they are not offense vs. defense and there is no contract.
Phase 3 is the OTAs, where teams are allowed to do 7-on-7s, 9-on-7s, and even 11-on-11s, but no physical contact between players is permitted still. Mandatory Minicamp is also included in Phase 3.
The Lions will also hold a rookie minicamp at some point. Teams have the option to pick between a three-day stretch during the weekends of May 5-8 and May 12-15. That decision has yet to have been made for Detroit.
Dates for training camp, too, are not out yet, but those practices typically take place at the end of July. We’ll be sure to keep you updated with that information comes out. For other important Lions offseason dates, check out our 2023 NFL offseason calendar here.
I declined the invite. I was awarded my hof jacket a while back, granted for alcohol, and am still working on my masters degree for the same. I just don’t have the time nor the will to put in the effort for a backup job.