| February 6 |
-- |
Super Bowl
XXXIX, Jacksonville, Florida (FOX). |
| February 11 |
-- |
NFL Europe
League NFL Allocated Player Draft. |
| February 13 |
-- |
AFC-NFC Pro
Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii (ESPN). |
| February 22 |
-- |
Deadline for
clubs to designate franchise and transition players. |
| February
23-March 1 |
-- |
Scouting
Combine, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| February 25 |
-- |
NFL Europe
League training camps open. |
| March 1 |
-- |
Deadline for
submission of qualifying offers by clubs to their restricted free agents
whose contracts have expired and to whom they desire to retain a right
of first refusal/compensation. |
| March 1 |
-- |
Deadline for
clubs to submit offer of minimum salary to retain exclusive negotiating
rights to their players with fewer than three seasons of free agency credit
whose contracts have expired. |
| March 2 |
-- |
Veteran free
agency signing period begins. |
| March 2 |
-- |
Trading period
begins. |
| March 20-23 |
-- |
NFL Annual
Meeting, Maui, Hawaii. |
| April 2-3 |
-- |
NFL Europe
League season begins. |
| April 15 |
-- |
Signing period
ends for restricted free agents. |
| April 22 |
-- |
Deadline for
old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents. |
| April 23-24 |
-- |
NFL Draft. |
| May 9-11 |
-- |
NFL Coaches
Career Development Symposium, Orlando, Florida. |
| May 24-25 |
-- |
NFL Spring
Meeting, Washington, DC. |
| June 1 |
-- |
Deadline for
old clubs to send tender to unsigned unrestricted free agents to
receive exclusive negotiating rights for rest of season if player is not
signed by another club by July 22. |
| June 1 |
-- |
Deadline for
old clubs to send tender to unsigned restricted free agents or to
extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights. |
| June 5 |
-- |
NFL Europe
League regular season ends. |
| June 11 |
-- |
World Bowl
XIII, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| June 15 |
-- |
Deadline for
old clubs to withdraw original qualifying offer to unsigned restricted
free agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting tender
of 110 percent of previous year’s salary. |
| June 26-29 |
-- |
NFL Rookie
Symposium, Palm Beach, Florida. |
| Mid-July |
-- |
Training camps
open. |
| July 22 |
-- |
Signing period
ends at 4:00 PM ET for unrestricted free agents who received June 1
tender. |
| August 6 |
|
American Bowl,
Tokyo, Japan: Atlanta vs. Indianapolis. |
| August 8 |
-- |
Pro Football
Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio. |
| August 11-15 |
-- |
First preseason
weekend. |
| August 30 |
-- |
Roster cutdown
to maximum of 65 players. |
| September 4 |
-- |
Roster cutdown
to maximum of 53 players. |
| September 8-12 |
-- |
Kickoff 2005
Weekend. |