The chart is up-to-date as of 6 p.m., Monday, March 15, 2021.
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. All free agents are unrestricted unless otherwise noted.
BALTIMORE RAVENS
PLAYERS LOST: DE Yannick Ngakoue (Las Vegas), OLB Matt Judon (New England), RB Mark Ingram (Houston), CB Tramon Williams (Green Bay, subsequently cut), CB Terrell Bonds (Miami), TE Sean Culkin (Kansas City)
PLAYERS SIGNED: G Kevin Zeitler (New York Giants), WR Deon Cain (Pittsburgh), S Chris Westry (Dallas), WR Binjimen Victor (New York Giants)
RE-SIGNED: ILB Chris Board, OLB Pernell McPhee, DT Justin Ellis, TE Eric Tomlinson, CB Davontae Harris, S Jordan Richards, QB Tyler Huntley, OLB Aaron Adeoye, WR Jaylon Moore, LS Nick Moore, DE Chauncey Rivers, S Nigel Warrior, RB Ty’Son Williams, TE Eli Wolf, DT Braxton Hoyett, C Greg Mancz, RB Gus Edwards (tendered), C Trystan Colon-Castillo (tendered), ILB Kristian Welch (tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Robert Griffin III, WR Willie Snead, WR Dez Bryant, WR DeAndrew White, WR De’Anthony Thomas, C Matt Skura, G DJ Fluker, DE Derek Wolfe, DE Jihad Ward, OLB Tyus Bowser, S Anthony Levine, LS Morgan Cox, P Johnny Townsend (restricted), WR Antoine Wesley (exclusive-rights), CB Khalil Dorsey (exclusive-rights), CB Pierre Desir, G Parker Ehinger, S Jayron Kearse, T Jordan Mills, T RJ Prince
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: C BJ Finney (Pittsburgh)
PLAYERS SIGNED: None
RE-SIGNED: QB Brandon Allen, QB Kyle Shurmur, RB Jacques Patrick, WR Scotty Washington, WR Trenton Irwin, DT Freedom Akinmoladum, LB Keandre Jones, CB Donnie Lewis, S Trayvon Henderson, CB Winston Rose, LS Dan Godsil, LS Clark Harris, CB Jalen Davis
STATUS UNRESOLVED: RB Samaji Perine, WR AJ Green, WR John Ross, WR Alex Erickson, WR Mike Thomas, TE Cethan Carter, G Alex Redmond, DE Carl Lawson, DT Margus Hunt, DT Xavier Williams, DT Mike Daniels, DT Christian Covington, ILB Josh Bynes, OLB Jordan Evans, CB Mackensie Alexander, CB LeShaun Sims, CB William Jackson, S Shawn Williams, S Brandon Wilson, P Kevin Huber, CB Tony Brown (restricted), TE Mitchell Wilcox (exclusive-rights), DE Amani Bledsoe (exclusive-rights), DT Reginald McKenzie (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: QB Devlin Hodges (Los Angeles Rams), K Matthew Wright (Detroit), WR Deon Cain (Baltimore)
PLAYERS SIGNED: C BJ Finney (Cincinnati), QB Dwayne Haskins (Washington), CB Stephen Denmark (Cleveland), TE Charles Jones (Buffalo), TE Dax Raymond (Green Bay), T Aviante Collins (Minnesota)
RE-SIGNED: RB Trey Edmunds, T Jarron Jones, WR Anthony Johnson, WR Cody White, TE Kevin Rader, OT Anthony Coyle, OT Brandon Walton, S John Battle, LB Tegray Scales, DT Demarcus Christmas, DE Calvin Taylor, P Corliss Waitman, LS Christian Kuntz, OT John Leglue, CB Trevor Williams, RB Wendell Smallwood, TE Charles Jones, WR Ray-Ray McCloud, C JC Hassenauer, S Marcus Allen
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Josh Dobbs, RB James Conner, WR Juju Smith-Schuster, T Zach Banner, T Alejandro Villanueva, T Matt Feiler, G Danny Isidora, DT Chris Wormley, DE Tyson Alualu, DE Cassius Marsh, OLB Bud Dupree, ILB Avery Williamson, OLB Jayrone Elliott, CB Mike Hilton, CB Cameron Sutton, S Sean Davis, S Jordan Dangerfield, P Jordan Berry, T Jerald Hawkins (restricted), LB Olasunkanmi Adeniyi (restricted), LB Robert Spillane (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: C Maurkice Pouncey, TE Vance McDonald
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: CB Stephen Denmark (Pittsburgh)
PLAYERS SIGNED: None
RE-SIGNED: QB Kyle Lauletta, WR Ryan Switzer, FB Josshnny Stanton, RB John Kelly, WR JaMarcus Bradley, WR Derrick Willies, TE Jordan Franks, TE Kyle Markway, G Cordel Iwaugwu, C Javon Patterson, T Alex Taylor, DE Cameron Malveaux, LB Montrel Meander, S Elijah Benton, CB AJ Green, K Matt McCrane, DT Sheldon Day, DB Robert Jackson, LB Porter Gustin (tendered), TE Stephen Carlson (tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: DE Adrian Clayborn, WR Rashard Higgins, WR Taywan Taylor, WR/RS Jojo Natson, WR Marvin Hall, T Kendall Lamm, DT Larry Ogunjobi, DT Vincent Taylor, DE/LB Olivier Vernon, LB Malcolm Smith, LB BJ Goodson, LB Elijah Lee, LB Tae Davis, S Karl Joseph, S Andrew Sendejo, S Tedric Thompson, CB Kevin Johnson, CB Terrance Mitchell, K Cody Parkey, WR KhaDarel Hodge (restricted), CB Tavierre Thomas (restricted), G Colby Gossett (exclusive-rights), T Michael Dunn (exclusive-rights), DE George Obinna (exclusive-rights), DB Donovan Olumba, G Malcolm Pridgeon
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
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This AFC North Division player movement chart is derived from Spotrac.com’s list of players whose contracts expire when the league signing period begins March 17.
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 28. 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 the free-agent signing period began.
Players lost or acquired via trades will also be noted as such.
