January 18
Conference Championships
February 1
Super Bowl XXXVIII, Houston, Texas (CBS)
February 8
AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Honolulu, Hawaii (ESPN)
February 8
NFL Europe League NFL Allocated Player Draft
February 18-24
Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, Indiana
February 24
Deadline for clubs to designate franchise and transition players
February 27
NFL Europe League training camps open
March 2
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 2
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 3
Veteran free agency signing period begins
March 3
Trading period begins
March 28-April 1
NFL Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida
April 3
NFL Europe League season begins
April 16
Signing period ends for restricted free agents
April 23
Deadline for old club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents
April 24-25
NFL Draft, New York City
May 10-13
NFL Coaches Career Development Symposium, Orlando, Florida
May 25-26
NFL Spring Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida
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 6
NFL Europe League regular season ends
June 12
World Bowl XII, 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 27-30
NFL Rookie Symposium, San Diego, California
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 9
Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio
August 12-16
First preseason weekend
August 31
Roster cutdown to maximum of 65 players
September 5
Roster cutdown to maximum of 53 players
September 9-13
Kickoff 2004 Weekend
