- February 1 -- Super Bowl XLIII,
Tampa Bay, Florida (NBC).
- February 8 -- AFC-NFC Pro Bowl,
Honolulu, Hawaii (NBC).
- February 18-24 -- NFL Scouting
Combine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
- February 19 -- Deadline for
clubs to designate franchise and transition players.
- February 26 -- 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.
- February 26 -- 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.
- February 27 -- Veteran free
agency signing period begins.
- February 27 -- Trading period
begins.
- March 22-25 -- NFL Annual Meeting,
Dana Point, California.
- April 17 -- Signing period ends
for restricted free agents.
- April 24 -- Deadline for old
club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.
- April 25-26 -- NFL Draft, New
York City.
- May 18-20 -- NFL Spring Meeting,
Fort Lauderdale, 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 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 28-July 1 -- NFL Rookie
Symposium, Palm Beach Gardens, 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 9 -- Pro Football Hall
of Fame Game, Canton, Ohio.
- August 13-17 -- First preseason
weekend.
- September 1 -- Roster cutdown
to maximum of 75 players.
- September 5 -- Roster cutdown
to maximum of 53 players.
- September 10-14 -- Kickoff 2009
Weekend.
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