[BrianM207]

I believe its 2 weeks to sign your own guys that are expiring...then 5 more to sign other FA's. While your trying to sign then next to their name it will say negoiating, signed, or unavailable. If their negotiationg they havent accepted your offer but are willing to listen if you will. Signed means you've signed them, obviously. And unavailable means either you or them has cut off negotiations.

Sadly theres no easy way to view what your needs are durring FA or the draft without backing out...easiset thing is just jot it down. Hopefully they can address that next year.

All your draft picks get signed automaticly. Theres a rookie reserve taken from your available money to pay them(contract depends on round, position etc). Some people found that to be unrealistic, however I find it to be very true to life. Teams almost always sign everyone they draft then get a good look at them in camp/preseason and either keep em or cut em