Updated through Friday, Midnight, March 19, 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: C Matt Skura (Miami), LS Morgan Cox (Tennessee), DE Jihad Ward (Jacksonville), WR Chris Moore (Houston), DE Yannick Ngakoue (Las Vegas), OLB Matt Judon (New England), RB Mark Ingram (Houston), CB Tramon Williams (Green Bay, subsequently cut and retired), CB Terrell Bonds (Miami), TE Sean Culkin (Kansas City)
PLAYERS SIGNED: TE Josh Oliver (Jacksonville, via trade), G Kevin Zeitler (New York Giants), WR Deon Cain (Pittsburgh), S Chris Westry (Dallas), WR Binjimen Victor (New York Giants)
RE-SIGNED: DE Derek Wolfe, OLB Tyus Bowser, 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: LB LJ Fort (option declined), QB Robert Griffin III, WR Willie Snead, WR Dez Bryant, WR DeAndrew White, WR De’Anthony Thomas, G DJ Fluker, S Anthony Levine, 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: WR Alex Erickson (Houston), K Randy Bullock (Detroit), TE Cethan Carter (Miami), QB Ryan Finley (Houston, via trade), WR AJ Green (Arizona), DE Carl Lawson (New York Jets), C BJ Finney (Pittsburgh), WR John Ross (New York Giants), CB William Jackson (Washington)
PLAYERS SIGNED: T Riley Reiff (Minnesota), DT Larry Ogunjobi (Cleveland), DE Trey Hendrickson (New Orleans), CB Chidobe Awuzie (Dallas), CB Mike Hilton (Pittsburgh)
RE-SIGNED: WR Mike Thomas, S-RS Brandon Wilson, 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, CB Tony Brown, RB Samaji Perine
STATUS UNRESOLVED: DT Geno Atkins, T Bobby Hart, G Quinton Spain, G Alex Redmond, DT Margus Hunt, DT Xavier Williams, DT Mike Daniels, DT Christian Covington, ILB Josh Bynes, OLB Jordan Evans, CB Mackensie Alexander, CB LeShaun Sims, S Shawn Williams, P Kevin Huber, TE Mitchell Wilcox (exclusive-rights), DE Amani Bledsoe (exclusive-rights), DT Reginald McKenzie (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
Pittsburgh Steelers
PLAYERS LOST: CB Mike Hilton (Cincinnati), DE Tyson Alualu (Jacksonville), OLB Bud Dupree (Tennessee), T Matt Feiler (Los Angeles Chargers), 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), WR Tyler Simmons (Houston)
RE-SIGNED: WR Juju Smith-Schuster, DE Chris Wormley, T Zach Banner, CB Cameron Sutton, 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 League, CB Trevor Williams, RB Wendell Smallwood, TE Charles Jones, WR Ray-Ray McCloud, C JC Hassenauer, S Marcus Allen
STATUS UNRESOLVED: LB Vince Williams, QB Josh Dobbs, RB James Conner, T Alejandro Villanueva, G Danny Isidora, DE Cassius Marsh, ILB Avery Williamson, OLB Jayrone Elliott, S Sean Davis, S Jordan Dangerfield, P Jordan Berry, T Jerald Hawkins, LB Olasunkanmi Adeniyi (restricted), LB Robert Spillane (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: C Maurkice Pouncey, TE Vance McDonald
Cleveland Browns
PLAYERS LOST: T Kendall Lamm (Tennessee), CB Kevin Johnson (Tennessee), DT Larry Ogunjobi (Cincinnati), CB Stephen Denmark (Pittsburgh), LB Tae Davis (Houston), CB Terrance Mitchell (Houston), DT Vincent Taylor (Houston), CB Tavierre Thomas (Houston)
PLAYERS SIGNED: DT Malik Jackson (Philadelphia), LB Anthony Walker (Indianapolis), CB Troy Hill (Los Angeles Rams), FS John Johnson III (Los Angeles Rams), DE Takkarist McKinley (Las Vegas), T Greg Senat (Dallas)
RE-SIGNED: LB Elijah Lee, WR Jojo Natson, K Cody Parkey, LB Malcolm Smith, WR Rashard Higgins, QB Kyle Lauletta, WR Ryan Switzer, FB Johnny 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), WR KhaDarel Hodge (tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: DE Adrian Clayborn, WR Taywan Taylor, WR Marvin Hall, DE/LB Olivier Vernon, LB BJ Goodson, S Karl Joseph, S Andrew Sendejo, S Tedric Thompson, G Colby Gossett (exclusive-rights), T Michael Dunn (exclusive-rights), DE George Obinna (exclusive-rights), C Anthony Fabiano (exclusive-rights), DB Brian Allen (exclusive-rights), DB Donovan Olumba, G Malcolm Pridgeon, T Drake Dorbeck
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 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 intends to keep 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.
