Updated as of Sunday, March 19, 2023, 8:30 p.m. ET.
The following comprehensive chart of off-season player movement among AFC North Division teams, one of football’s best four-team groupings, will outline all activity before the 2023 season commences. 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: C Trystan Colon (New York Jets), TE Josh Oliver (Minnesota), G Ben Powers (Denver), S Chuck Clark (New York Jets, via trade)
PLAYERS SIGNED: CB Trayvon Mullen (Dallas, subsequently cut and re-signed)
RE-SIGNED: LB Del’Shawn Phillips, S Geno Stone, LS Nick Moore, RB Justice Hill, QB Tyler Huntley (tendered), DE Brent Urban, CB Daryl Worley, ILB Roquan Smith (extension), T David Sharpe, WR Andy Isabella, FB Ben Mason, WR Shemar Bridges, WR Mike Thomas, G John Simpson, DT Rayshad Nichols, OLB Jeremiah Moon, CB BoPete Keyes
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Lamar Jackson (non-exclusive franchise tag), DE Calais Campbell, WR DeSean Jackson, CB Kyle Fuller, CB Marcus Peters, DE/LB Justin Houston, T Ja’Wuan James, WR Sammy Watkins, DE Jason Pierre-Paul, DE Steven Means, RB Kenyan Drake, WR Demarcus Robinson, OLB Vince Biegel, CB Kevon Seymour, RB Ricky Person, ILB Kristian Welch
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: TE Hayden Hurst (Carolina), RB Samaji Perine (Denver), S Jessie Bates (Atlanta), S Vonn Bell (Carolina)
PLAYERS SIGNED: S Nick Scott (Los Angeles Rams), T Cody Ford (Arizona), T Orlando Brown, Jr. (Kansas City), CB Chris Lammons (Kansas City)
RE-SIGNED: RB Trayveon Williams, LB Germaine Pratt, S Michael Thomas, LB Joe Bachie, CB Jalen Davis, LS Cal Adomitis, TE Nick Bowers, QB Jake Browning, DE Owen Carney, OT Devin Cochran, S Yusuf Corker, DT Domenique Davis, G Nate Gilliam, TE Tanner Hudson, DE Raymond Johnson III, LB Keandre Jones, WR Kwamie Lassiter II, CB Marvell Tell III
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Eli Apple, CB Tre Flowers, QB Brandon Allen, TE Drew Sample, LS Clark Harris, G Max Scharping, WR Trent Taylor, DE Wyatt Hubert, LB Clay Johnston (exclusive-rights), TE Mitchell Wilcox (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: OLB Malik Reed (Miami), ILB Devin Bush (Seattle), LB Robert Spillane (Las Vegas), CB Cameron Sutton (Detroit)
PLAYERS SIGNED: G Isaac Seumalo (Philadelphia), LB Elandon Roberts (Miami), ILB Cole Holcomb (Washington), G Nate Herbig (New York Jets), CB Patrick Peterson (Minnesota), LB Quincy Roche (New York Giants), WR Dan Chisena (Minnesota), WR Dez Fitzpatrick (Tennessee), CB Madre Harper (Carolina), S Kenny Robinson (Carolina), CB Chris Wilcox (Arizona)
RE-SIGNED: DT Larry Ogunjobi, S Damontae Kazee, LS Christian Kuntz, LB Jamir Jones, WR Anthony Miller, RB Anthony McFarland, DT Renell Wren, LB Chapelle Russell, WR Ja’Marcus Bradley, DB Duke Dawson, G William Dunkle, LB Emeke Egbule, RB Jason Huntley, C Ryan McCollum, DB Scott Nelson, RB Master Teague, WR Cody White, TE Rodney Williams
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Mason Rudolph, LB Myles Jack, CB William Jackson, DB Carlins Platel, FB Derek Watt, G Jesse Davis, DE Tyson Alualu, S Terrell Edmunds, S Marcus Allen, DT Chris Wormley, G Trenton Scott, S Karl Joseph, WR Miles Boykin, RB Benny Snell, TE Zach Gentry, WR Steven Sims, Jr. (restricted), C J.C. Hassenauer (restricted), CB James Pierre (restricted), CB Elijah Riley (exclusive-rights)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: LB Tae Davis (Atlanta), CB Greedy Williams (Philadelphia), DT Taven Bryan (Indianapolis), QB Jacoby Brissett (Washington), DE Chase Winovich (Houston)
PLAYERS SIGNED: TE Jordan Akins (Houston), DT Maurice Hurst (San Francisco), S Juan Thornhill (Kansas City), DE Ogbonnia Okoronkwo (Houston), DT Dalvin Tomlinson (Minnesota), RB Nate McCrary (Carolina), T Michael Dwumfour (San Francisco)
RE-SIGNED: LB Sione Takitaki, C Ethan Pocic, WR Daylen Baldwin, WR Mike Harley, WR Marquez Stevenson, T Tyrone Wheatley, S Bubba Bolden, LB Stoney Jackson, DE Sam Kamara, RB John Kelly, TE Zaire Mitchell-Paden, DT Roderick Perry, CB Thomas Graham (tendered), DT Ben Stille (tendered)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB John Johnson, RB Kareem Hunt, DE Jadaveon Clowney, ILB Deion Jones, ILB Anthony Walker, T Chris Hubbard, S Ronnie Harrison, RB D’Ernest Johnson, DE Stephan Weatherly, TE Pharoah Brown, TE Jesse James, LB Jordan Kumaszyk, T Michael Dunn (restricted), TE Chris Odom (restricted), CB Thomas Graham (exclusive-rights), CB A.J. Green (exclusive-rights)
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 on March 15. The teams’ lists of unrestricted and restricted free agents are 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 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 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 21. 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 occurred before the league year and the free-agent signing period began. Players lost or acquired via trades will also be noted as such.
