Here’s my fifth offering of a comprehensive chart of offseason player movement in the AFC North.
Here’s a comprehensive chart of offseason player movement among AFC North Division teams. An explanation of how the chart works appears at the end of this article. (It’s complete through 5 p.m., May 28, 2019)
BALTIMORE RAVENS
PLAYERS LOST: RB Buck Allen (New Orleans), TE Maxx Williams (Arizona), DE Brent Urban (Tennessee), RB Ty Montgomery (New York Jets), WR John Brown (Buffalo), LB Za’Darius Smith (Green Bay), LB Terrell Suggs (Arizona), LB CJ Mosley (New York Jets), S Eric Weddle (Los Angeles Rams), QB Joe Flacco (Denver, via trade), WR Tim White (New York Jets), T Jake Rodgers (Denver)
PLAYERS SIGNED: LB Shane Ray (Denver), WR Michael Floyd (Washington), LB Pernell McPhee (Washington), WR Seth Roberts (Oakland), ST/CB Justin Bethel (Atlanta), RB Mark Ingram (New Orleans), S Earl Thomas (Seattle), LB Matthew Thomas (Pittsburgh), G RJ Prince (Pittsburgh)
RE-SIGNED: K Justin Tucker (extension), T Ronnie Stanley (option exercised), G Marshal Yanda (extension), CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste, QB Robert Griffin III, CB Brandon Carr (option exercised), LB Patrick Onwuasor, DT Michael Pierce, TE Nick Boyle, CB Tavon Young (extension), T Randon Crecilius, RB Tyler Ervin, FB Christopher Ezeala, S Bennett Jackson, LB Alvin Jones, RB Gus Edwards, T-G Jermaine Eluemunor, C Matt Skura, RB De’Lance Turner, WR Quincy Adeboyejo
STATUS UNRESOLVED: WR Michael Crabtree, RB Alex Collins, T Steven Moore, WR Janarion Grant, LB Bam Bradley, CB Jaylen Hill, CB Robertson Daniel, G Kofi Amichia, TE Nick Keizer
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: DT Haloti Ngata
CINCINNATI BENGALS
PLAYERS LOST: QB Tom Savage (Detroit), T Jake Fisher (Buffalo), LB Vontaze Burfict (Oakland), T Cedric Ogbuehi (Jacksonville), TE Tyler Kroft (Buffalo), S Chris Cooper (Kansas City), TE Andrew Vollert (Los Angeles Chargers), DT Adolphus Washington (Miami), RB Mark Walton (Miami)
PLAYERS SIGNED: T Justin Evans (Arizona), DE Kerry Wynn (New York Giants), G John Miller (Buffalo), CB BW Webb (New York Giants), RB Darrin Hall (Cleveland)
RE-SIGNED: CB Darqueze Dennard, TE Tyler Eifert, ILB Preston Brown (extension), TE CJ Uzomah, T Bobby Hart, S Brandon Wilson, WR Moritz Boehringer, DB Demetrious Cox, C Brad Lundblade, WR Kermit Whitfield, DT Andrew Brown, G Trey Hopkins, CB Tony McRae, DT Josh Tupou
STATUS UNRESOLVED: DE Michael Johnson, ILB Vincent Rey, T Andre Smith, ILB Kasim Edebali, TE Matt Lengel (untendered), QB Brad Kaaya (untendered)
SUSPENDED: G Alex Redmond (four games – substance-abuse policy)
RETIRED: None
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
PLAYERS LOST: LB Jon Bostic (Washington), S Morgan Burnett (Cleveland), ILB AJ Fort (Philadelphia), RB Le’Veon Bell (New York Jets), TE Jesse James (Detroit), WR Antonio Brown (Oakland, via trade), T Marcus Gilbert (Arizona, via trade), LB Matthew Thomas (Baltimore), G RJ Prince (Baltimore)
PLAYERS SIGNED: LB Mark Barron (Los Angeles Rams), WR Donte Moncrief (Jacksonville), CB Steven Nelson (Kansas City), LB Tegray Scales (Indianapolis), RB Malik Williams (Atlanta)
RE-SIGNED: QB Ben Roethlisberger (extension), OLB Anthony Chickillo, WR Eli Rogers, DT Daniel McCullers, G Ramon Foster, C Maurkice Pouncey (extension), DE Tyson Alualu, T Zach Banner, LB Keion Adams, WR Trey Griffey, DT Lavon Hooks, CB Herb Waters, WR Tevin Jones, RB Ralph Webb, C Patrick Morris, TE Christian Scotland-Williamson, C BJ Finney, TE Xavier Grimble, CB Mike Hilton (tendered), RT Matt Feiler, P Jordan Berry
STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Coty Sensabaugh, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR Justin Hunter, SS Nat Berhe, RB Stevan Ridley, DE Leterrius Walton, LS Kameron Canaday, S Jordan Dangerfield, TE Jake McGee (untendered), LB Keith Kelsey (untendered), S Malik Golden (untendered), T Joseph Cheek (untendered), K Matt McCrane, CB Trey Johnson, DB Jack Tocho, DB Daimion Stafford, TE Bucky Hodges
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: T Ryan Harris
CLEVELAND BROWNS
PLAYERS LOST: LB Jamie Collins (New England), DE Emmanuel Ogbah (Kansas City, via trade), CB EJ Gaines (Buffalo), TE Darren Fells (Houston), T-G Earl Watford (Tampa Bay), CB Briean Boddy-Calhoun (Houston), QB Tyrod Taylor (Los Angeles Chargers), WR Breshad Perriman (Tampa Bay), S Jabrill Peppers (New York Giants, via trade), G Kevin Zeitler (NY Giants, via trade), C Jake Eldrenkamp (New England), LB Tanner Vallejo (Arizona), S Derrick Kindred (Indianapolis), WR Ricardo Louis (Miami), RB Darrin Hall (Cincinnati)
PLAYERS SIGNED: S Morgan Burnett (Pittsburgh), S Eric Murray (Kansas City, via trade), G Brian Witzmann (Chicago), T Kendall Lamm (Houston), LB Adarius Taylor (Tampa Bay), G Eric Kush (Chicago), TE Demetrius Harris (Kansas City), WR Odell Beckham, Jr. (New York Giants, via trade), DT Sheldon Richardson (Minnesota), DE Olivier Vernon (NY Giants, via trade), WR Jaelen Strong (unattached)
RE-SIGNED: DT Carl Davis, CB Phillip Gaines, OLB Ray-Ray Armstrong, T Greg Robinson, DT Daniel Ekuale, CB Robert Jackson, DT Devaroe Lawrence, CB Lenzy Pipkins, T Brad Seaton, WR Rashard Higgins, DT Trevon Coley, S Jermaine Whitehead, CB Juston Burris, TE-FB Orson Charles, S Tigie Sankoh
STATUS UNRESOLVED: WR Rod Streater, T Mason Gentry, DB Howard Wilson, G David Bright, DE Lenny Jones, LB D’Juan Hines, CB Ashton Lampkin, C Kyle Friend, WR Daniel Williams, RB Devante Mays
SUSPENDED: RB Kareem Hunt (eight games – personal conduct policy)
RETIRED: None
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Explanation
This AFC North Division player movement chart is derived from Spotrac.com’s list of players whose contracts expired when the league signing period began March 13.
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 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.
