Here’s a comprehensive chart of offseason player movement among AFC North Division teams (updated through 11 p.m., Monday, April 16).
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: WR-RS Michael Campanaro (Tennessee), G Luke Bowanko (New England), TE Benjamin Watson (New Orleans), WR Mike Wallace (Philadelphia), C-G Ryan Jensen (Tampa Bay), DE Kapron Lewis-Moore (Jacksonville), WR Kenny Bell (Denver), T Dieugot Joseph (Minnesota), LB Darnell Sankey (Indianapolis)
Robert Griffin III (photo, Washington Post)
PLAYERS SIGNED: QB Robert Griffin III (unattached), WR Michael Crabtree (Oakland), WR John Brown (Arizona), S Bennett Jackson (New York Giants)
RE-SIGNED: CB Brandon Carr (club option retained), RB Alex Collins, G-T James Hurst, DE Brent Urban, QB Josh Woodrum, FB Ricky Ortiz, CB Robertson Daniel, RB John Crockett, T Steven Moore, CB Robert Nelson, TE Vince Mayle, CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste, LB Patrick Onwuasor, G Maurquice Shakir, G Matt Skura, WR Quincy Adeboyejo
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Brandon Boykin, TE-OL Crockett Gillmore, T Austin Howard (club declined option), LB Steven Johnson, WR Jeremy Maclin, QB Ryan Mallett, RB Terrance West, S Lardarius Webb
SUSPENDED: TE Darren Waller (one year – substance abuse)
RETIRED: RB Danny Woodhead
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: LB Kevin Minter (New York Jets), C Russell Bodine (Buffalo), RB Jeremy Hill (New England), DE Chris Smith (Cleveland), QB AJ McCarron (Buffalo), T Andre Smith (Arizona), DT DeShawn Williams (Denver)
Tyler Eifert (photo, Notre Dame Insider)
PLAYERS SIGNED: LB Preston Brown (Buffalo), QB Matt Barkley (Arizona), T Cordy Glenn (Buffalo, via trade), DT Chris Baker (Tampa Bay), T Bobby Hart (New York Giants)
RE-SIGNED: TE Tyler Eifert, P Kevin Huber, LB Carl Bradford, K Jonathan Brown, LB Connor Harris, T Javarius Leamon, G Oni Omoile, TE Scott Orndorff, G Kent Perkins, CB Sojourn Shelton, S Robinson Therezie, WR Kermit Whitfield
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Adam Jones, RB Cedric Peerman, DT Pat Sims, T Eric Winston
SUSPENDED: LB Vontaze Burfict (four games – substance abuse)
RETIRED: None
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: CB William Gay (New York Giants), CB Robert Golden (Kansas City), G Chris Hubbard (Cleveland), RB Terrell Watson (New York Giants)
PLAYERS SIGNED: S Nat Behre (New York Giants), LB Jon Bostic (Indianapolis), DE Casey Sayles (Los Angeles Rams), DB Morgan Burnett (Green Bay), T Joseph Cheek (Kansas City)
Chris Boswell (photo, Connecticut Post)
RE-SIGNED: WR Justin Hunter, RB Stevan Ridley, K Chris Boswell, DT Daniel McCullers, FB Roosevelt Nix, RB Fitzgerald Touissant, CB Mike Hilton, TE Xavier Grimble, S Jordan Dangerfield, CB Dashaun Phillips, LS Kameron Canady, DT Lavon Hooks, LB Keith Kelsey, WR Justin Thomas, WR Marcus Tucker, P Jordan Berry, T Matt Feller, C BJ Finney
STATUS UNRESOLVED: RB Le’Veon Bell (franchise tag), LB Anthony Chickillo (restricted), DB Antonio Crawford, DB Greg Ducre (exclusive-rights), C Kyle Friend, C Mike Matthews (exclusive-rights), S Mike Mitchell, LB Arthur Moats, WR Eli Rogers (restricted), LB Sean Spence, S Damion Stafford
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: TE Gavin Escobar (Miami), TE Matt Lengel (Houston), QB Kevin Hogan (Washington, via trade), QB Cody Kessler (Jacksonville, via trade), C Marcus Martin (Dallas), DB CJ Smith (Seattle, via trade, subsequently cut, signed by Denver), WR Sammie Coates (Houston), T Zach Banner (Carolina), LB Jeremy Cash (Arizona), CB Jason McCourty (New England, via trade), RB Isaiah Crowell (New York Jets), DT Danny Shelton (New England, via trade), QB Deshone Kizer (Green Bay, via trade), NT TY McGill (Kansas City), T Laurence Gibson (New York Giants), CB BW Webb (New York Giants), OL Joseph Cheek (Kansas City, subsequently cut)
Carols Hyde (photo, zimbio.com)
PLAYERS SIGNED: WR Jeff Janis (Green Bay), QB Drew Stanton (Arizona), DB EJ Gaines (Buffalo), DE Chris Smith (Cincinnati), G Chris Hubbard (Pittsburgh), CB TJ Carrie (Oakland), RB Carlos Hyde (San Francisco), CB Terrance Mitchell (Kansas City), TE Darren Fells (Detroit), QB Tyrod Taylor (Buffalo, via trade), WR Jarvis Landry (Miami, via trade), CB Damarious Randall (Green Bay, via trade), LB Max Bullough (Houston, subsequently cut), WR Larry Pinkard (Jacksonville, subsequently cut), WR CJ Board (Tennessee), CB BW Webb (Chicago, subsequently cut), DL Collin Bevans (Arizona, subsequently cut), RB Kelvin Taylor (Atlanta, subsequently cut)
RE-SIGNED: WR Josh Gordon, WR Matt Hazel, C Austin Reiter, RB Dan Vitale, LB Tank Carder, WR Kasen Williams, WR Bug Howard (subsequently cut), LB Austin Calitro, S Trevon Hartfield (subsequently cut), OL Victor Salako, RB Josh Rounds (subsequently cut)
STATUS UNRESOLVED: DL Ricky Ali’ifua, G Chris Barker (exclusive-rights), DL LaVar Edwards, DB Jacob Hagen, LB Josh Keyes (restricted), DT Jamie Meder (restricted)
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: T Joe Thomas
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This AFC North Division player movement chart is derived from Rotoworld.com’s list of players whose contracts expired when the league signing period began March 14.
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 20. 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.
