Here’s my first offering of a comprehensive chart of offseason player movement in the AFC North.
Complete through 12:01 am, March 13, 2019. See the end of this article for an explanation of how the chart was constructed.
BALTIMORE RAVENS
PLAYERS LOST: WR John Brown (Buffalo), LB Za’Darius Smith (Green Bay), LB Terrell Suggs (Arizona), LB CJ Mosley (New York Jets), S Eric Weddle (Los Angeles Rams), QB Joe Flacco (Denver, via trade), WR Tim White (New York Jets)
PLAYERS SIGNED: LB Matthew Thomas (Pittsburgh)
RE-SIGNED: CB Brandon Carr (option exercised), LB Patrick Onwuasor (tendered), DT Michael Pierce (tendered), TE Nick Boyle, CB Tavon Young (extension), G Kofi Amichia, T Randon Crecilius, CB Robertson Daniel, RB Tyler Ervin, FB Christopher Ezeala, S Bennett Jackson, LB Alvin Jones, TE Nick Keizer
STATUS UNRESOLVED: WR Michael Crabtree, RB Buck Allen, QB Robert Griffin III, RB Ty Montgomery, DE Brent Urban, TE Maxx Williams, RB Alex Collins, CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste (untendered), WR Quincy Adeboyejo, RB Gus Edwards, T-G Jermaine Eluemunor, C Matt Skura, RB De’Lance Turner, WR Janarion Grant, T Jake Rodgers
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: TE Tyler Kroft (Buffalo)
PLAYERS SIGNED: QB Brad Kaaya (Indianapolis)
RE-SIGNED: ILB Preston Brown, TE CJ Uzomah, T Bobby Hart, S Brandon Wilson, WR Moritz Boehringer, DB Demetrious Cox, TE Andrew Vollert, C Brad Lundblade, WR Kermit Whitfield, DT Andrew Brown, G Trey Hopkins (tendered), CB Tony McRae (tendered), G Alex Redmond (tendered), DT Josh Tupou (tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: TE Tyler Eifert, QB Tom Savage, DE Michael Johnson, ILB Vincent Rey, T Cedric Ogbuehi, CB Darqueze Dennard, T Jake Fisher, T Andre Smith, ILB Kasim Edebali, DT Adolphus Washington, TE Matt Lengel, DB Chris Cooper
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: Nome
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: TE Jesse James (Detroit), WR Antonio Brown (Oakland, via trade), T Marcus Gilbert (Arizona, via trade), LB Matthew Thomas (Baltimore)
PLAYERS SIGNED: CB Steven Nelson (Kansas City), LB Tegray Scales (Indianapolis), RB Malik Williams (Atlanta)
RE-SIGNED: G Ramon Foster, C Maurkice Pouncey (extension), DE Tyson Alualu, T Zach Banner, LB Keion Adams, WR Trey Griffey, DT Lavon Hooks, CB Herb Waters, WR Tevin Jones, RB Ralph Webb, G RJ Prince, C Patrick Morris, TE Christian Scotland-Williamson, TE Bucky Hodges, TE Jake McGee, C BJ Finney (tendered), TE Xavier Grimble (tendered), CB Mike Hilton (tendered), RT Matt Feiler (tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: RB Le’Veon Bell (presume will sign with Jets), P Jordan Berry (untendered), OLB Anthony Chickillo, CB Coty Sensabaugh, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, DT Daniel McCullers, WR Justin Hunter, SS Nat Berhe, RB Stevan Ridley, ILB AJ Fort, DE Leterrius Walton, LS Kameron Canaday, WR Eli Rogers, S Jordan Dangerfield, LB Keith Kelsey, S Malik Golden, K Matt McCrane, CB Trey Johnson
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: WR Breshad Perriman (Tampa Bay), S Jabrill Peppers (New York Giants, via trade), G Kevin Zeitler (NY Giants, via trade), C Jake Eldrenkamp (New England), LB Tanner Vallejo (Arizona)
PLAYERS SIGNED: WR Odell Beckham, Jr. (New York Giants, via trade), DT Sheldon Richardson (Minnesota), DE Olivier Vernon (NY Giants, via trade), RB Kareem Hunt (unattached), WR Jaelen Strong (unattached)
RE-SIGNED: T Greg Robinson, CB Ashton Lampkin, DT Daniel Ekuale, CB Robert Jackson, C Kyle Friend, DT Devaroe Lawrence, RB Devante Mays, CB Lenzy Pipkins, S Tigie Sankoh, T Brad Seaton, WR Daniel Williams (subsequently cut), WR Rashard Higgins (tendered), DT Trevon Coley (tendered), S Jermaine Whitehead (tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: TE Daniel Fells, LB Jamie Collins, QB Tyrod Taylor, CB EJ Gaines, OLB Ray-Ray Armstrong, DT Carl Davis, WR Rod Streater, FB Orson Charles, CB Phillip Gaines, T Earl Watford, CB Briean Boddy-Calhoun (untendered), CB Juston Burris, T Mason Gentry
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
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Explanation:
This AFC North Division player movement chart is derived from Spotrac.com’s list of players whose contracts expired when the league signing period began March 13.
The teams’ lists of unrestricted and restricted free agents are thought to be complete, but other roster moves involving lesser-known exclusive-rights free agents may not be reflected here. As transactions involving such players become known, they will be included. Also, players that are released and become street free agents — the so-called “salary-cap dumps” — will be added to the lists as needed under the “status unresolved” heading.
Restricted and exclusive-rights free agents will be listed as having “re-signed” after receiving tender offers from their clubs, even though those tenders may not have been signed. A tender offer usually means a team is intent on keeping that player on its roster, although it is sometimes used to gauge interest from other clubs.
Draft picks, on most occasions, are commensurate with where the free agent in question was originally selected, and what a team can expect in return if it loses a restricted free agent. A team can also perform an NBA-style sign-and-trade transaction, putting the restricted free agent’s name on a new contract and sending him to another club.
All tendered restricted and exclusive-rights free agents will be indicated as such. If any of those players depart for another team, his name will be moved from the “re-signed” classification to the “free agents lost” category.
The deadline for offer sheets to be signed by restricted free agents on other teams is April 19. Once an offer sheet is signed, the player’s old club has seven days to match the offer, or the offering club immediately assumes his rights.
Players will sometimes change teams because they were placed on waivers and signed by other teams. Those moves are also reflected here because any unattached player with NFL experience is, technically, a free agent. Several transactions of that type took place before the league year and free-agent signing period began.
Players lost or acquired via trades will also be noted as such.
