Here’s my third offering of a comprehensive chart of offseason player movement in the AFC North.
Here’s a comprehensive chart of offseason player movement among AFC North Division teams. An explanation of how the chart works appears at the end of this article. (Chart complete through 12:01 a.m., March 28, 2019,)
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: ST/CB Justin Bethel (Atlanta), RB Mark Ingram (New Orleans), S Earl Thomas (Seattle), LB Matthew Thomas (Pittsburgh)
RE-SIGNED: CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste, QB Robert Griffin III, 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, RB Ty Montgomery, DE Brent Urban, TE Maxx Williams, RB Alex Collins, T Steven Moore (untendered), WR Quincy Adeboyejo, RB Gus Edwards, T-G Jermaine Eluemunor, C Matt Skura, RB De’Lance Turner, WR Janarion Grant, T Jake Rodgers, LB Bam Bradley, CB Jaylen Hill
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: T Jake Fisher (Buffalo), LB Vontaze Burfict (Oakland), T Cedric Ogbuehi (Jacksonville), TE Tyler Kroft (Buffalo), S Chris Cooper (Kansas City)
PLAYERS SIGNED: DE Kerry Wynn (New York Giants), G John Miller (Buffalo), CB BW Webb (New York Giants), QB Brad Kaaya (Indianapolis, subsequently released and untendered)
RE-SIGNED: CB Darqueze Dennard, TE Tyler Eifert, ILB Preston Brown (extension), 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
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Tom Savage, DE Michael Johnson, ILB Vincent Rey, T Andre Smith, ILB Kasim Edebali, DT Adolphus Washington, TE Matt Lengel (untendered)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: ILB AJ Fort (Philadelphia), RB Le’Veon Bell (New York Jets), TE Jesse James (Detroit), WR Antonio Brown (Oakland, via trade), T Marcus Gilbert (Arizona, via trade), LB Matthew Thomas (Baltimore)
PLAYERS SIGNED: LB Mark Barron (Los Angeles Rams), WR Donte Moncrief (Jacksonville), CB Steven Nelson (Kansas City), LB Tegray Scales (Indianapolis), RB Malik Williams (Atlanta)
RE-SIGNED: OLB Anthony Chickillo, WR Eli Rogers, DT Daniel McCullers, 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, C BJ Finney (tendered), TE Xavier Grimble (tendered), CB Mike Hilton (tendered), RT Matt Feiler (tendered), P Jordan Berry
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Coty Sensabaugh, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR Justin Hunter, SS Nat Berhe, RB Stevan Ridley, DE Leterrius Walton, LS Kameron Canaday, S Jordan Dangerfield, TE Jake McGee (untendered), LB Keith Kelsey (untendered), S Malik Golden (untendered), T Joseph Cheek (untendered), K Matt McCrane, CB Trey Johnson
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: CB EJ Gaines (Buffalo), TE Darren Fells (Houston), T-G Earl Watford (Tampa Bay), CB Briean Boddy-Calhoun (Houston), QB Tyrod Taylor (Los Angeles Chargers), 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: G Brian Witzmann (Chicago), T Kendall Lamm (Houston), LB Adarius Taylor (Tampa Bay), G Eric Kush (Chicago), TE Demetrius Harris (Kansas City), WR Odell Beckham, Jr. (New York Giants, via trade), DT Sheldon Richardson (Minnesota), DE Olivier Vernon (NY Giants, via trade), WR Jaelen Strong (unattached)
RE-SIGNED: DT Carl Davis, CB Phillip Gaines, OLB Ray-Ray Armstrong, 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: LB Jamie Collins, WR Rod Streater, FB Orson Charles (untendered), CB Juston Burris (untendered), T Mason Gentry
SUSPENDED: RB Kareem Hunt (eight games – personal conduct policy)
RETIRED: None
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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.
Or, a team can 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.
