With the 2012 NFL regular season now over we can start looking forward to the playoffs, college All-Star games, the NFL scouting combine, free agency, and the draft. Below is the 2013 NFL calendar and list of important dates for you to keep track of leading up to the start of the 2013 season.
– DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE –
January 5-6 — Wild Card Playoffs
6-Jan — Assistant coaches under contract to playoff clubs that have byes in the Wild Card weekend may be interviewed for head coaching positions through the conclusion of the Wild Card games.
January 12-13 — Divisional Playoffs.
13-Jan — Assistant coaches under contract to playoff clubs that won their Wild Card games may be interviewed for head coaching positions through the conclusion of Divisional Playoff games.
15-Jan — Deadline for underclassmen to petition for special eligibility for the 2013 NFL Draft.
19-Jan — East-West Shrine Game, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida.
20-Jan — AFC and NFC Championship Games.
January 24-25 — Regional Combine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
26-Jan — Senior Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Alabama.
27-Jan — AFC-NFC Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii.
27-Jan — An assistant coach, whose team is participating in the Super Bowl, who has previously interviewed for another club’s head coaching job may have a second interview with such club no later than the Sunday preceding the Super Bowl.
2-Feb — Texas vs. Nation College All-Star Game, Eagle Stadium, Allen, Texas.
3-Feb — Super Bowl XLVII, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana.
February 9-10 — Regional Combine, Orange Coast College-Lebard Stadium, Los Angeles, California
16-Feb — Regional Combine, Methodist Training Center (Texans), Houston, Texas
17-Feb — Regional Combine, Cleveland Browns Training Facility, Cleveland, Ohio
February 20-26 — Combine Timing and Testing, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana.
March 2-3 — Regional Combine, Atlantic Health Jets Training Facility, New York/New Jersey
9-Mar — Regional Combine, One Buccaneer Place, Tampa, Florida
10-Mar — Regional Combine, Halas Hall (Bears), Chicago, Illinois
March 9-11 — Clubs are permitted to enter into contract negotiations with certified agents of players who will be Unrestricted Free Agents at the end of the current League Year.
12-Mar — Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must exercise options for 2013 on all players who have option clauses in their 2012 contracts.
12-Mar — Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must submit Qualifying Offers to their Restricted Free Agents with expiring contracts and to whom they desire to retain a Right of First Refusal/Compensation.
12-Mar — Prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time, clubs must submit a minimum salary offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2012 contracts and who have fewer than three seasons of free agency credit.
12-Mar — All 2012 player contracts will expire at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
12-Mar — Top-51 Begins. All clubs must be under the Salary Cap prior to 4:00 p.m., New York time.
12-Mar — The 2013 League Year and Free Agency period begin at 4:00 p.m., New York time.
12-Mar — Trading period begins at 4:00 p.m., New York time, for 2013 after expiration of all 2012 contracts.
March 16-17 — Regional Combine, Atlanta Falcons Training Facility, Atlanta, Georgia
March 17-20 — Annual League Meeting, The Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona.
March 23-24 — Regional Combine, Virginia Mason Athletic Center (Seahawks), Seattle, Washington
March 23-24 — Regional Combine, Baltimore Ravens Training Facility, Baltimore, Maryland
April 7-8 — Super Regional Combine, Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, Texas
April 25-27 — NFL Draft, New York City, New York.
May 20-22 — NFL Spring League Meeting, Hyatt-Harborside, Boston, Massachusetts.
September 5, 8-9 — NFL Kickoff 2013
