Updated through Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 6 a.m. E.T.
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 2024 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: G John Simpson (New York Jets), WR/RS Devin Duvernay (Jacksonville), S Geno Stone (Cincinnati), RB Gus Edwards (Los Angeles Chargers), CB Ronald Darby (Jacksonville), WR Dan Chisena (Arizona), ILB Jeremiah Moon (Pittsburgh)
PLAYERS SIGNED: none
RE-SIGNED: ILB Malik Harrison, DT Justin Madabuike, S Ar’Darius Washington (tendered, exclusive-rights), WR Nelson Agholor, RB Owen Wright, WR Sean Ryan, TE Scotty Washington, OL TyKeem Doss, OL Tashawn Manning, ILB Josh Ross, DL Rayshad Nichols, DL Bravvion Roy, DB Christian Matthew, CB Tre Swilling
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Tyler Huntley, QB Josh Johnson, RB J.K. Dobbins, RB Melvin Gordon, WR Laquon Treadwell, WR Odell Beckham, Jr., G Kevin Zeitler, DE Ja’DaVeon Clowney, DE Brent Urban, ILB Patrick Queen, ILB Del’Shawn Phillips, CB Rock Ya-Sin, CB Trayvon Mullen, CB Arthur Maulet, CB Daryl Worley, CB Kevon Seymour, S Andrew Adams, FB Ben Mason, OL Josh Wells, WR Tarik Black, CB Jeremy Lucien
SUSPENDED: none
RETIRED: RB Mike Davis
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: Q.B. A.J. McCarron (St. Louis, UFL)
PLAYERS SIGNED: S Geno Stone (Baltimore), RB Zack Moss (Indianapolis)
RE-SIGNED: L.B. Akeem Davis-Gaither, TE Drew Sample, QB Jake Browning (tendered, exclusive-rights), LS Cal Adomitis (tendered, exclusive-rights), G Cody Ford, T Devin Cochran, DT DDominiqueDavis, CB Allan George, C Nate Gilliam, DE Jeff Gunter, LB Shaka Heyward, WR Shedrick Jackson, G Jaxson Kirkland, WR Kwamie Lassiter II, W.R. Kendric Pryor
STATUS UNRESOLVED: RB Joe Mixon, WR Tee Higgins (franchise tag), WR Tyler Boyd, TE Irv Smith, G Max Scharping, T Jonah Williams, DT D.J. Reader, DT Josh Tupou, LB Markus Bailey, LB Joe Bachie, CB Chidobe Awuzie, TE Mitchell Wilcox (restricted), TE Tanner Hudson (restricted), WR Trenton Irwin (restricted), R.B. Demetric Felton, LB Clay Johnson, DB Sidney Jones, WR Stanley Morgan, QB Drew Plitt, DB Michael Thomas
SUSPENDED: none
RETIRED: none
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: T Chukwuma Okorafor (New England)
PLAYERS SIGNED: QB Russell Wilson (Denver), ILB Jeremiah Moon (Baltimore), WR Marquez Callaway (New Orleans), DB Thomas Graham (Cleveland), T Tyler Beach (Houston), T Devery Hamilton (New York Giants), T Anderson Hardy (Kansas City), WR Keilahn Harris (Atlanta), RB Aaron Shampklin (Los Angeles Chargers), DL Jacob Slade (Arizona)
RE-SIGNED: TE Dylan Cook, NT Breiden Fehoko, CB Luq Barcoo, FB Jack Colletto, OT Kellen Diesch, S Jalen Elliott, G Joey Fisher, WR Dez Fitzpatrick, DL Jonathan Marshall, C Ryan McCollum, WR Denzel Mims, WR Duece Watts, DB Kalon Barnes, LB Tyler Murray, LB David Perales, DB Josiah Scott, S Nate Meadors
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Mitch Trubisky, QB Mason Rudolph, WR Miles Boykin, C Mason Cole, WR Allen Robinson, DE Montravius Adams, DT Armon Watts, ILB Blake Martinez, ILB Kwon Alexander, OLB Markus Golden, OLB Mykal Walker, S Miles Killebrew, CB Chandon Sullivan, CB Patrick Peterson, CB Elijah Riley, CB James Pierre, CB Levi Wallace, S Keanu Neal, P Pressley Harvin, LB Chapelle Russell (restricted), DT Renell Wren (exclusive-rights), LB Myles Jack, RB Anthony McFarland, DB Eric Rowe, LB Jaylon Smith, P Brad Wing
SUSPENDED: none
RETIRED: none
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: CB Michael Ford (Houston), ILB Anthony Walker (Miami), L.B. Sione Takitaki (New England), K Riley Patterson (Jacksonville), DB Tanner McCalister (Denver)
PLAYERS SIGNED: LB Jordan Hicks (Minnesota), WR Jerry Jeudy (Denver, via trade), K Lucas Havrisik (Los Angeles Rams), LB Caleb Johnson (Arizona), D.T. Jayden Peevy (Tennessee)
RE-SIGNED: DT Maurice Hurst, OLB Za’Darius Smith, WR Jaelon Darden, CB Vincent Gray, RB John Kelly Jr., TE Zaire Mitchell-Paden, T Justin Murray, DE Lonnie Phelps, LB Charlie Thomas III, DE Isaiah Thomas, DT Chris Williams
STATUS UNRESOLVED: QB Joe Flacco, RB Kareem Hunt, WR Marquise Goodwin, WR Jakeem Grant, WR James Proche, TE Harrison Bryant, T Geron Christian, T Michael Dunn, C Nick Harris, DT Jordan Elliott, DT Shelby Harris, LB Jordan Kunaszyk, ILB Jacob Phillips, OLB Matthew Adams, FS Rodney McLeod, SS Duron Harmon, P Corey Bojorquez, S Kahlef Hailassie (restricted), D.B. Kalon Barnes, DB A.J. Green, T Alex Leatherwood, T Ty Nsekhe, G Rodger Saffold
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 13. 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 who 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. Usually, draft picks are commensurate with where the free agent in question was initially 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 restricted free agents on other teams to sign offer sheets is April 19. 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 free-agent signing period began. Players lost or acquired via trades will also be noted as such.
