Updated through Monday, May 8, 2023, 6 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: DE Calais Campbell (Atlanta), 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 Rock Ya-Sin (Las Vegas), WR Odell Beckham, Jr. (Los Angeles Rams), WR Nelson Agholor (New England), CB Trayvon Mullen (Dallas, subsequently cut and re-signed)
RE-SIGNED: QB Lamar Jackson, CB Kevon Seymour, ILB Kristian Welch, LB Del’Shawn Phillips, S Geno Stone, LS Nick Moore, RB Justice Hill, QB Tyler Huntley, 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, DB Tony Brown, WR Tarik Black
STATUS UNRESOLVED: 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, RB Ricky Person
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: CB Tre Flowers (Atlanta), QB Brandon Allen (San Francisco), TE Hayden Hurst (Carolina), RB Samaji Perine (Denver), S Jessie Bates (Atlanta), S Vonn Bell (Carolina)
PLAYERS SIGNED: QB Trevor Siemian (Chicago), DE Tarell Basham (Tennessee), TE Irv Smith (Minnesota), CB/S Sidney Jones (Las Vegas), S Nick Scott (Los Angeles Rams), T Cody Ford (Arizona), T Orlando Brown, Jr. (Kansas City), CB Chris Lammons (Kansas City)
RE-SIGNED: TE Drew Sample, WR Trent Taylor, Max Scharping, 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, LS Clark Harris, DE Wyatt Hubert, LB Clay Johnston, TE Mitchell Wilcox
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: WR Steven Sims, Jr. (Houston), C J.C. Hassenauer (New York Giants), S Terrell Edmunds (Philadelphia), G/T Trenton Scott (Washington), S OLB Malik Reed (Miami), ILB Devin Bush (Seattle), LB Robert Spillane (Las Vegas), CB Cameron Sutton (Detroit)
PLAYERS SIGNED: WR Allen Robinson (Los Angeles Rams, via trade), LB Tanner Muse (Seattle), P Braden Mann (New York Jets), NT Armon Watts (Chicago), NT Breiden Fehoko (Los Angeles Chargers), S Keanu Neal (Tampa Bay), T Le’Raven Clark (Tennessee), 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), CB Chandon Sullivan (Minnesota)
RE-SIGNED: WR Miles Boykin, TE Zach Gentry, DT Larry Ogunjobi, S Damontae Kazee, LS Christian Kuntz, LB Jamir Jones (subsequently cut), 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, CB James Pierre, CB Elijah Riley
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Mason Rudolph, LB Myles Jack, CB William Jackson, DB Carlins Platel, FB Derek Watt, G Jesse Davis, DE Tyson Alualu, S Marcus Allen, DT Chris Wormley, S Karl Joseph, RB Benny Snell
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: TE Stephen Carlson (Atlanta), TE Pharoah Brown (Indianapolis), G Hjalte Froholdt (Arizona), RB D’Ernest Johnson (Jacksonville), LB Tae Davis (Atlanta), CB Greedy Williams (Philadelphia), DT Taven Bryan (Indianapolis), QB Jacoby Brissett (Washington), DE Chase Winovich (Houston)
PLAYERS SIGNED: S Rodney McLeod (Indianapolis), G Colby Gossett (Atlanta), WR Marquise Goodwin (Seattle), G Wes Martin (Washington), CB Mike Ford (Atlanta), WR Elijah Moore (New York Jets, via trade), LB Matthew Adams (Chicago), DT Trystan Hill (Arizona), QB Josh Dobbs (Tennessee), 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: ILB Anthony Walker, LB Jordan Kunaszyk, 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 A.J. Green, CB Thomas Graham, DT Ben Stille, G Michael Dunn, CB Thomas Graham, P Joseph Charlton
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB John Johnson, RB Kareem Hunt, DE Jadaveon Clowney, ILB Deion Jones, T Chris Hubbard, S Ronnie Harrison, DE Stephan Weatherly, TE Jesse James, TE Chris Odom
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.
