With the Seahawks' 2018 season now finished, it's time to look ahead to some key dates on the 2019 NFL calendar. You can find the full list of 2019 important dates here, but here are some of the most significant ones coming up in 2019:
January 26—Senior Bowl, Mobile, Alabama. A key part of the pre-draft process features some of college football's top seniors and talent evaluators from across the league converging in Mobile for a week.
January 27—Pro Bowl, Orlando, Florida. Bobby Wagner, Michael Dickson and Russell Wilson will all represent the Seahawks in the NFL's annual NFC vs. AFC all-star game. The Seahawks have several more players who are alternates, so that list could grow between now and the game.
February 3—Super Bowl LIII, Atlanta, Georgia.
February 4—Waiver system beings for 2019.
February 19—First day for clubs to designate franchise or transition players.
February 26-March 4—NFL Scouting Combine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Top draft prospects work out for scouts and coaches, and interview with teams' top decision makers in another important part of the pre-draft process.
March 5, 1 p.m. PT—Deadline for clubs to designate franchise or transition players.
March 11-13—Teams are permitted to contact and enter into contract negotiations with agents of players who will become unrestricted free agents when the new league year begins on March 13.
March 13, 1 p.m. PT—New league year begins. This marks the deadline for submitting qualifying offers to restricted free agents with expiring contracts. It is also the start of free agency when 2018 contracts expire and free agents can officially sign with new teams. Teams must also be under the 2019 salary cap by this time.
March 24-27—Annual League Meetings, Phoenix, Arizona.
April 15—Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workouts programs (teams that changed head coaches in the offseason can start on April 1).
April 19—Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets.
April 25-27—2019 NFL Draft, Nashville, Tennessee. Currently the Seahawks hold four picks in the 2019 draft having earlier traded three picks to acquire players, sending their second-round pick to Houston as part of the trade for Duane Brown, their sixth-rounder to Green Bay for Brett Hundley and their seventh to Oakland for Shalom Luani.
May 3-6 or May 10-13—Teams can hold post-draft rookie minicamps on one of these weekends.
July 15, 1 p.m. PT—Deadline for a team that designated a franchise player to sign that player to a multi-year contract or extension. After this date, the player may sign only a one-year contract prior to the 2019 season, and such contract cannot be extended until after the club's last regular season game.
Late July—Training camp begins.
August 31, 1 p.m. PT—Teams must reduce rosters to a maximum of 53 players.
September 1—Teams may establish a 10-player practice squad.
September 5, 8-9—Regular season Week 1.
Go behind the scenes with team photographer Rod Mar as he shares moments from the Seattle Seahawks Wild Card game against the Dallas Cowboys.
On Thursday afternoon, Russell Wilson and the rest of the Seahawks left the Virginia Mason Athletic Center for the trip to Dallas for the Wild Card playoff game.
Frank Clark and Tyler Lockett walk from the team's indoor practice facility to the waiting buses.
12s line Seahawks way to send the team off to Dallas.
More 12s including fans packing a double-decker bus, wave to the Seahawks as they head to the airport.
Head coach Pete Carroll and offensive line coach Mike Solari climb the stairs to the charter that would take the team to Dallas.
Seahawks Jaron Brown, Keenan Reynolds, Bo Scarbrough, Justin Currie and Tedric Thompson walk across the rainy tarmac from the buses to the charter plane at Sea Tac International airport.
On Friday, members of the defense headed from the meal room to their meetings. From left are Nazair Jones, Shamar Stephen, Quinton Jefferson, Branden Jackson and Jarran Reed.
The team held a walk-thru at a nearby field and quarterback Russell Wilson took some warmup tosses.
Russell Wilson runs the offense during the team's walk thru on Friday afternoon.
Specialists Michael Dickson, Sebastian Janikowski and Tyler Ott chat on the sidelines during walkthru.
Offensive line coach Mike Solari and offensive guard D.J. Fluker review strategy during walk thru.
After walk thru, the team paid a quick visit to AT&T Stadium where running back Bo Scarbrogh and head coach Pete Carroll chatted as they walked off the field.
On the morning of game day, the offense held a brief walk through in one of the large ballrooms at the team's hotel.
Jordan Roos displays his Texas roots (he was born in Celina, TX) as he makes his way from the hotel to the team buses for the trip to the stadium.
Quarterback Russell Wilson pauses on his way to the buses to sign a jersey for a young fan.
AT&T stadium comes into view form the team buses.
Frank Clark walks to the Seahawks locker room after the team arrived at the stadium.
Quarterback Russell Wilson surveys the stadium from the end zone during early pregame warmups.
The Seahawks receivers and quarterbacks huddle after their early warmups.
12s were loud and proud at the stadium for the wild-card playoff game.
Fans of both teams brought their A-game for the playoffs.
The Seahawks defensive backs gather near the end of pregame warmups.
Seahawks defensive end Frank Clark visits with current Cowboys and former Seahawks assistant Kris Richard before the game.
Doug Baldwin and Kam Chancellor shake hands before the team left the locker room for kickoff.
Linebacker Bobby Wagner "taps in" as he leaves the locker room for the field.
Teammates Tyler Lockett and Frank Clark share a private moment on the sideline right before kickoff.
Captains for both teams meet at midfield for the opening coin toss.
Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin leaps high to knock away a pass in the first quarter.
Seahawks defensive linemen Frank Clark and Dion Jordan bring down Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
12s made themselves see and heard during the Wild-Card playoff game in Dallas.
The Cowboys attempt a long field goal in the second quarter that was no good, giving the Seahawks the ball.
Seattle's Russell Wilson throws a pass as two Cowboys players close in.
Seahawks return specialist Tyler Lockett breaks away for a 52-yard return just before halftime.
Tight ends coach Pat McPherson talks with Nick Vannett and Ed Dickson at halftime.
Seahawks offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer rallies in the offense in the locker room at halftime.
Head coach Pete Carroll stands near the back as the defense meets in the locker room at halftime.
All eyes ere on the first down marker as Seahawks All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner stops Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott on third down, forcing a punt.
Seattle special teams captain Neiko Thorpe keeps the ball from entering the end zone on a Michael Dickson punt and the Cowboys took over at the two-yard line.
The scene at AT&T stadium for the Wild-Card playoff game.
Seattle's Doug Baldwin manages to keep both feet inbounds on this 22-yard reception in the third quarter to keep a drive alive.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is brought down inside the ten-yard line in the third quarter.
Seattle's Mike Davis spikes the ball after scoring on a successful two-point conversion.
Seattle's K.J. Wright intercepts a pass in the end zone thwarting a Cowboys scoring drive and giving the Seahawks the ball in the fourth quarter.
Seattle's Jacob Martin brings down Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott.
Seattle's Tyler Lockett gets behind the defense for a 53-yard reception as the Seahawks fought back late in the game.
Seattle's J.D. McKissic scores on a pass from Russell Wilson late in the game.
Seattle's head coach Pete Carroll reacts after Chris Carson scores on a two-point conversion to bring the Seahawks to within two at 24-22 late in the game.
Seattle punter Michael Dickson tries on onside kick that was recovered by Dallas, ending the Seahawks hopes for a comeback victory.
Seattle's Doug Baldwin consoles teammate Tyler Lockett after the loss.
Seahawks linebackers K.J. Wright and Bobby Wagner make their way up a ramp to the team's charter flight back to Seattle.
Loyal 12s waited in a rain and wind storm to thank the players after they arrived back at the team's facilities in Renton,
