Free Agency Preview- AFC North

Sportsnet has you covered as NFL free agency with widespread breakdowns of every team heading into the 2014 league year. For every division, click here. Cincinnati Bengals (11-5,first among AFC North) Team needs, DE, CB, S Projected salary cap space, $27.five million Key free agents, DE Michael Johnson, OT Anthony Collins, S Taylor Mays, S Chris Crocker, WR/KR/PR Brandon Tate Candidates for release, None Free agent fit, Walter Thurmond, cornerback The skinny, Don't anticipate a poor lot of spending from child Bengals this off-season – this year longing be about locking down what they already have. Cincinnati ambition feasible focus aboard re-signing Collins meantime working on extending A.J. Green,an of the league's best roomy receivers. Depth among an infant secondary could be an issue as new defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, so a hard migrate among that direction could come this week but could also be addressed among infant draft. Pittsburgh Steelers (8-8, 2nd in AFC North) Team needs, WR, OL, CB Projected salary cap space, $2.seven million Key free agents, WR Emmanuel Sanders, DE Ziggy Hood, S Ryan Clark Candidates as release, CB Ike Taylor (cap savings of $7 million),hack LB Larry Foote, OT Levi Brown and CB Curtis Brown last week The ,Steelers plan to release LB LaMarr Woodley today, per source. (As @AdamSchefter said). Will be a terrible post-June one designation Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 10, 2014 Free agent fit, Tarell Brown, cornerback The skinny, Pittsburgh has dug themselves a bad major salary cap hole and it's going apt be complicated to ascend back out. Until last week child Steelers were over a baby cap, and likely won't have many options heading into free agency. Troy Polamalu and Heath Miller have been re-signed barely immediately Pittsburgh aspiration highest feasible have to upgrade via infant draft in May. The Steelers could address the poor gaping hole along cornerback with Brown gone and Taylor's future with an infant franchise among question. Baltimore Ravens (8-8, 3rd in AFC North) Team needs, OL, S, LB Projected salary cap space, $24.nine million Key free agents, OT Eugene Monroe, DT Arthur Jones, WR-KR Jacoby Jones, LB Daryl Smith, OT Michael Oher, SS James Ihedigbo, CB Corey Graham, TE Ed Dickson Candidates as release, Rey Maualuga 58 Jersey Cut FB Vonta Leach and LB Jameel McClain last month Free agent fit, Hakeem Nicks,spacious receiver The skinny, Baltimore ambition maximum possible focus on re-signing opener players forward venturing out into toddler free agent market. The maximum important of those pieces is Monroe, who a baby Ravens acquired from Jacksonville last season apt defend Joe Flacco's blindside. Smith and Jones ought also be priorities. If re-signing doesn't work out, Baltimore longing have to make some Geno Atkins 97 Jersey savvy moves apt fill mammoth holes aboard child roster. Cleveland Browns (4-12, 4th in AFC North) Team needs, RB, OL, S Projected salary cap space, $45.7 million Key free agents, C Alex Mack (transition tag), S T.J. Ward, G Shawn Lauvao Candidates as release, QB Brandon Weeden, QB Jason Campbell (Cap savings of $3.25 million) Free agent fit, Jairus Byrd, safety The skinny, If they can obtain it together among toddler front bureau,a baby Browns can take advantage of a negative great situation heading into child most important part of a baby off-season. Stacked with draft picks (thanks within part apt a baby incredibly one-sided Trent Richardson trade) and with one simple of,if it were not for child best cap situation amid newborn NFL, Cleveland has infant contingency to make an awful colossal splash this spring. Locking up Alex Mack, extending cornerback Joe Haden, finding a poor quality running back and replacing T.J. Ward are all viable options ahead May's draft,amid which a baby Browns have 10(!) picks. related articles, Why Terrence Brooks Could Be the Packers' Answer at Safety in 2014 Draft jim irsay arrest reports tell of 29k in cash, pills, erratic driving