Updated through 7 pm, Sunday, April 11, 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: WR Willie Snead (Las Vegas), 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: WR Sammy Watkins (Kansas City), 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: S Anthony Levine, LB LJ Fort, 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: QB Robert Griffin III, WR Dez Bryant, WR DeAndrew White, WR De’Anthony Thomas, G DJ Fluker, 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: T Bobby Hart (Buffalo), CB Mackensie Alexander (Minnesota), 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), S Shawn Williams (Arizona)
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: DT Mike Daniels, OLB Jordan Evans, 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, DE Amani Bledsoe
STATUS UNRESOLVED: RB Giovani Bernard, DT Geno Atkins, G Alex Redmond, DT Margus Hunt, DT Xavier Williams, DT Christian Covington, ILB Josh Bynes, CB LeShaun Sims, TE Mitchell Wilcox (exclusive-rights), DT Reginald McKenzie (exclusive-rights), T Javarius Leamon
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: None
Pittsburgh Steelers
PLAYERS LOST: CB Mike Hilton (Cincinnati), 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), S Sean Davis (Indianapolis)
PLAYERS SIGNED: G Rashaad Coward (Chicago), RB Kalen Ballage (Los Angeles Chargers), 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 Tyson Alualu, P Jordan Berry, 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 Jordan Dangerfield, T Jerald Hawkins
SUSPENDED: None
RETIRED: C Maurkice Pouncey, TE Vance McDonald
Cleveland Browns
PLAYERS LOST: S Karl Joseph (Las Vegas), 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
STATUS UNRESOLVED: DE Adrian Clayborn, WR Taywan Taylor, WR Marvin Hall, DE/LB Olivier Vernon, LB BJ Goodson, 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, LB Trevon Young
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.
