AFC North Player Movement Chart 3.0

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Updated through 8:30 p.m., Thursday, March 25, 2021.


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. All free agents are unrestricted unless otherwise noted.

Baltimore Ravens

PLAYERS LOST: C Matt Skura (Miami), LS Morgan Cox (Tennessee), DE Jihad Ward (Jacksonville), WR Chris Moore (Houston), DE Yannick Ngakoue (Las Vegas), OLB Matt Judon (New England), RB Mark Ingram (Houston), CB Tramon Williams (Green Bay, subsequently cut and retired), CB Terrell Bonds (Miami), TE Sean Culkin (Kansas City), S Jayron Kearse (Dallas)

PLAYERS SIGNED: S Geno Stone (Houston), TE Josh Oliver (Jacksonville, via trade), G Kevin Zeitler (New York Giants), WR Deon Cain (Pittsburgh), S Chris Westry (Dallas), WR Binjimen Victor (New York Giants)

RE-SIGNED: DE Derek Wolfe, OLB Tyus Bowser, ILB Chris Board, OLB Pernell McPhee, DT Justin Ellis, TE Eric Tomlinson, CB Davontae Harris, S Jordan Richards, QB Tyler Huntley, OLB Aaron Adeoye, WR Jaylon Moore, LS Nick Moore, DE Chauncey Rivers, S Nigel Warrior, RB Ty’Son Williams, TE Eli Wolf, DT Braxton Hoyett, C Greg Mancz, RB Gus Edwards (tendered), C Trystan Colon-Castillo (tendered), ILB Kristian Welch (tendered)

STATUS UNRESOLVED: LB LJ Fort (option declined), QB Robert Griffin III, WR Willie Snead, WR Dez Bryant, WR DeAndrew White, WR De’Anthony Thomas, G DJ Fluker, S Anthony Levine, P Johnny Townsend (restricted), WR Antoine Wesley (exclusive-rights), CB Khalil Dorsey (exclusive-rights), CB Pierre Desir, G Parker Ehinger, T Jordan Mills, G RJ Prince

SUSPENDED: None

RETIRED: None

Cincinnati Bengals

PLAYERS LOST: WR Alex Erickson (Houston), K Randy Bullock (Detroit), TE Cethan Carter (Miami), QB Ryan Finley (Houston, via trade), WR AJ Green (Arizona), DE Carl Lawson (New York Jets), C BJ Finney (Pittsburgh), WR John Ross (New York Giants), CB William Jackson (Washington)

PLAYERS SIGNED: S Ricardo Allen (Atlanta), CB Eli Apple (Carolina), T Riley Reiff (Minnesota), DT Larry Ogunjobi (Cleveland), DE Trey Hendrickson (New Orleans), CB Chidobe Awuzie (Dallas), CB Mike Hilton (Pittsburgh)

RE-SIGNED: P Kevin Huber, WR Mike Thomas, S-RS Brandon Wilson, QB Brandon Allen, QB Kyle Shurmur, RB Jacques Patrick, WR Scotty Washington, WR Trenton Irwin, DT Freedom Akinmoladum, LB Keandre Jones, CB Donnie Lewis, S Trayvon Henderson, CB Winston Rose, LS Dan Godsil, LS Clark Harris, CB Jalen Davis, CB Tony Brown, RB Samaji Perine, G Quinton Spain

STATUS UNRESOLVED: DT Geno Atkins, T Bobby Hart, G Alex Redmond, DT Margus Hunt, DT Xavier Williams, DT Mike Daniels, DT Christian Covington, ILB Josh Bynes, OLB Jordan Evans, CB Mackensie Alexander, CB LeShaun Sims, S Shawn Williams, TE Mitchell Wilcox (exclusive-rights), DE Amani Bledsoe (exclusive-rights), DT Reginald McKenzie (exclusive-rights)

SUSPENDED: None

RETIRED: None

Pittsburgh Steelers

PLAYERS LOST: CB Mike Hilton (Cincinnati), DE Tyson Alualu (Jacksonville), OLB Bud Dupree (Tennessee), T Matt Feiler (Los Angeles Chargers), QB Devlin Hodges (Los Angeles Rams), K Matthew Wright (Detroit), WR Deon Cain (Baltimore), LB Olasunkanmi Adeniyi (Tennessee)

PLAYERS SIGNED: T Joe Haeg (Tampa Bay), S Miles Killebrew (Detroit), C BJ Finney (Cincinnati), QB Dwayne Haskins (Washington), CB Stephen Denmark (Cleveland), TE Charles Jones (Buffalo), TE Dax Raymond (Green Bay), T Aviante Collins (Minnesota), WR Tyler Simmons (Houston)

RE-SIGNED: DE Cassius Marsh, WR Juju Smith-Schuster, DE Chris Wormley, T Zach Banner, CB Cameron Sutton, RB Trey Edmunds, T Jarron Jones, WR Anthony Johnson, WR Cody White, TE Kevin Rader, OT Anthony Coyle, OT Brandon Walton, S John Battle, LB Tegray Scales, DT Demarcus Christmas, DE Calvin Taylor, P Corliss Waitman, LS Christian Kuntz, OT John Leglue, CB Trevor Williams, RB Wendell Smallwood, TE Charles Jones, WR Ray-Ray McCloud, C JC Hassenauer, S Marcus Allen, LB Robert Spillane

STATUS UNRESOLVED: CB Steven Nelson, LB Vince Williams, QB Josh Dobbs, RB James Conner, T Alejandro Villanueva, G Danny Isidora, ILB Avery Williamson, OLB Jayrone Elliott, S Sean Davis, S Jordan Dangerfield, P Jordan Berry, T Jerald Hawkins

SUSPENDED: None

RETIRED: C Maurkice Pouncey, TE Vance McDonald

Cleveland Browns

PLAYERS LOST: T Kendall Lamm (Tennessee), CB Kevin Johnson (Tennessee), DT Larry Ogunjobi (Cincinnati), CB Stephen Denmark (Pittsburgh), LB Tae Davis (Houston), CB Terrance Mitchell (Houston), DT Vincent Taylor (Houston), CB Tavierre Thomas (Houston)

PLAYERS SIGNED: DT Malik Jackson (Philadelphia), LB Anthony Walker (Indianapolis), CB Troy Hill (Los Angeles Rams), FS John Johnson III (Los Angeles Rams), DE Takkarist McKinley (Las Vegas), T Greg Senat (Dallas)

RE-SIGNED: TE David Njoku (fifth-year option accepted), LB Elijah Lee, WR Jojo Natson, K Cody Parkey, LB Malcolm Smith, WR Rashard Higgins, QB Kyle Lauletta, WR Ryan Switzer, FB Johnny Stanton, RB John Kelly, WR JaMarcus Bradley, WR Derrick Willies, TE Jordan Franks, TE Kyle Markway, G Cordel Iwaugwu, C Javon Patterson, T Alex Taylor, DE Cameron Malveaux, LB Montrel Meander, S Elijah Benton, CB AJ Green, K Matt McCrane, DT Sheldon Day, DB Robert Jackson, LB Porter Gustin (tendered), TE Stephen Carlson (tendered), WR KhaDarel Hodge (tendered), C Anthony Fabiano (tendered), CB Brian Allen (tendered)

STATUS UNRESOLVED: DE Adrian Clayborn, WR Taywan Taylor, WR Marvin Hall, DE/LB Olivier Vernon, LB BJ Goodson, S Karl Joseph, S Andrew Sendejo, S Tedric Thompson, G Colby Gossett (exclusive-rights), T Michael Dunn (exclusive-rights), DE George Obinna (exclusive-rights), DB Donovan Olumba, G Malcolm Pridgeon, T Drake Dorbeck

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 March 17.

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 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 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 28. 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 the free-agent signing period began.

Players lost or acquired via trades will also be noted as such.

About Joe Platania

Veteran Ravens correspondent Joe Platania is in his 45th year in sports media (including two CFL seasons when Batlimore had a CFL team) in a career that extends across parts of six decades. Platania covers sports with insight, humor, and a highly prescient eye, and that is why he has made his mark on television, radio, print, online, and in the podcast world. He can be heard frequently on WJZ-FM’s “Vinny And Haynie” show, alongside ex-Washington general manager Vinny Cerrato and Bob Haynie. A former longtime member in good standing of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and the Pro Football Writers of America, Platania manned the CFL Stallions beat for The Avenue Newspaper Group of Essex (1994 and ’95) and the Ravens beat since the team’s inception — one of only three local writers to do so — for PressBox, The Avenue, and other local publications and radio stations. A sought-after contributor and host on talk radio and TV, he made numerous appearances on “Inside PressBox” (10:30 a.m. Sundays), and he was heard weekly for eight seasons on the “Purple Pride Report,” WQLL-AM (1370). He has also appeared on WMAR-TV’s “Good Morning Maryland” (2009), Comcast SportsNet’s “Washington Post Live” (2004-06), and WJZ-TV’s “Football Talk” postgame show — with legend Marty Bass (2002-04). Platania is the only sports journalist in Maryland history to have been a finalist for both the annual Sportscaster of the Year award (1998, which he won) and Sportswriter of the Year (2010). He is also a four-time Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association award winner. Platania is a graduate of St. Joseph’s (Cockeysville), Calvert Hall College High School, and Towson University, where he earned a degree in Mass Communications. He lives in Cockeysville, MD.



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