Updated through Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at midnight ET.
The following comprehensive chart of offseason player movement among AFC North Division teams, which make up one of football’s best four-team groupings, will outline all activity before the 2022 season will commence.
An explanation of how the chart works appears at the end of this article. All remaining free agents are unrestricted unless otherwise noted.
BALTIMORE RAVENS
PLAYERS LOST: None
PLAYERS SIGNED: FB Ben Mason (Chicago), DT R. J. McIntosh (Indianapolis)
RE-SIGNED: S Tony Jefferson, DT Aaron Crawford, K Jake Verity, RB Nate McCrary, CB Kevon Seymour, DT Isaiah Mack, CB Robert Jackson, T Jaryd Jones-Smith, G/DT Khalil McKenzie, WR Jaylon Moore, C James Murray, TE Tony Poljan, CB Kevin Toliver II, WR Binjimen Victor, QB Tyler Huntley (exclusive-rights, tendered), LS Nick Moore (exclusive-rights, tendered), RB Ty’Son Williams (exclusive-rights, tendered), ILB Kristian Welch (exclusive-rights, tendered), S Geno Stone (exclusive-rights, tendered), C Trystan Colon (exclusive-rights, tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Tavon Young, DE Calais Campbell, NT Brandon Williams, CB Jimmy Smith, OLB Justin Houston, ILB Chris Board, S DeShon Elliott, NT Justin Ellis, ILB L.J. Fort, OLB Pernell McPhee, CB Anthony Averett, C Bradley Bozeman, RB Devonta Freeman, RB Latavius Murray, FB/TE Patrick Ricard, WR Sammy Watkins, ILB Otaro Alaka (restricted, untendered), G Brandon Knight (restricted, untendered), CB Chris Westry (exclusive-rights, untendered), CB Khalil Dorsey (exclusive-rights, untendered)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: S Anthony Levine, T Alejandro Villanueva
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: TE C.J. Uzomah (New York Jets), DT Larry Ogunjobi (Chicago)
PLAYERS SIGNED: C Ted Karras (New England), G Alex Tappa (Tampa Bay)
RE-SIGNED: DT B.J. Hill, WR Trent Taylor, P Drue Chrisman, CB John Brannon, QB Jake Browning, C Lamont Gaillard, S Trayvon Henderson, HB Elijah Holyfield, TE Thaddeus Moss, DE Noah Spence, TE Scotty Washington, WR Pooka Williams, LB Joe Bachie, G Fred Johnson (restricted, tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: LT Riley Reiff, DT Josh Tupou, CB Vernon Hargreaves, P Kevin Huber, QB Brandon Allen, FS Ricardo Allen, SS Jessie Bates III (franchise free agent), LS Clark Harris, OLB Jordan Evans, CB Eli Apple, G Quinton Spain, WR Mike Thomas, CB Jalen Davis, CB Tre Flowers, CB Darius Phillips, WR Auden Tate, WR Stanley Morgan (restricted), DE Wyatt Ray (exclusive-rights), WR Trenton Irwin (exclusive-rights), LB Clay Johnston, TE Mitchell Wilcox (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: None
PLAYERS SIGNED: QB Mitchell Trubisky (Buffalo), C Mason Cole (Minnesota), CB Isaiah Johnson (Arizona)
RE-SIGNED: T Chukwuma Okorafor, S Marcus Allen (restricted, tendered), DE John Simon, WR Anthony Miller, P Cameron Nizialek, WR Steven Sims, RB Trey Edmunds, T Chaz Green, LS Christian Kuntz, DE Daniel Archibong, WR Rico Bussey, DT Khalil Davis, G Nathan Gilliam, G Malcolm Pridgeon, LB Delontae Scott, K Sam Sloman, DB Linden Stephens, TE Jace Sternberger, S Donovan Stiner, LS Rex Sunahara, WR Tyler Vaughns
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Joe Haden, WR Juju Smith-Schuster, TE Eric Ebron, CB Ahkello Witherspoon, G Trai Turner, S Terrell Edmunds, S Miles Killebrew, WR James Washington, WR Ray-Ray McCloud, QB Josh Dobbs, C B.J. Finney, CB Arthur Maulet, RB Kalen Ballage, QB Dwayne Haskins (restricted), LB Robert Spillane (restricted), DT Demarcus Christmas (exclusive-rights), CB DeMarkus Acy (exclusive-rights), C J.C. Hassenauer (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: QB Ben Roethlisberger
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: None
PLAYERS SIGNED: DT Taven Bryan (Jacksonville), WR Amari Cooper (Dallas, via trade), P Joseph Charlton (Jacksonville)
RE-SIGNED: RB John Kelly, Jr., CB Herb Miller, K Chris Blewitt, LB Willie Harvey, Jr., T Elijah Nkansah, TE Miller Foristall, G Hjalte Froholdt, TE Nick Guggerrios, CB Nate Meadors, G David Moore, FB Johnny Stanton IV, T Alex Taylor, DE Curtis Weaver, T Michael Dunn (exclusive-rights, tendered), T Blake Hance (exclusive-rights, tendered), WR Ja’Marcus Bradley (exclusive-rights, tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: WR Jarvis Landry, DE Ja’Daveon Clowney, T Chris Hubbard, DE Takkarist McKinley, DT Malik Jackson, ILB Anthony Walker, TE David Njoku (franchise free agent), WR Rashard Higgins, CB M.J. Stewart, OLB Malcolm Smith, P Dustin Colquitt, S Ronnie Harrison, P Dustin Colquitt, LB Elijah Lee, WR Ryan Switzer, DE Ifeadi Odenigbo, RB D’Ernest Johnson (restricted), QB Nick Mullens (restricted), K Chase McLaughlin (restricted), TE Stephen Carlson (restricted), DE Porter Gustin (restricted), S Montrel Meander (restricted), DT Malik McDowell (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: WR Derrick Willies
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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 16. 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 22. 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.
