1999 free-agency update
AFC Central
Updated Aug. 27, 1999
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| The following is a team-by-team update on free-agency, listing each
club’s remaining free agents, the players it has re-signed, key arrivals and key
departures since the end of the postseason. We have listed the length of the contract
and/or the contract terms if available (SB refers to signing bonus). The following
free-agent designations are used throughout: UFA, unrestricted free agent; RFA, restricted
free agent; EFA, exclusive-rights free agent; TFA, transition free agent Baltimore Ravens|Cincinnati
Bengals|Cleveland Browns
Jacksonville Jaguars|Pittsburgh
Steelers|Tennessee Titans
AFC East|AFC Central|AFC West
NFC East|NFC Central|NFC West
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| Restricted: CB Donny Brady, CB DeRon Jenkins. |
| Unrestricted: DE Paul Frase, TE Harper LeBel, LB Jerry
Olsavsky. |
| Free-agent re-signings: OG Jeff Blackshear, June 29
(five-year, $18.7 million contract extension; estimated $6 million SB); RFA TE A.J.
Ofodile, May 19; UFA S Corey Harris, May 16; UFA RB Errict Rhett, April 24; UFA CB James
Trapp/ex-Raider, April 23; UFA LB Jeff Kopp, April 22; RFA WR James Roe, April 9; UFA DE
Fernando Smith/ex-Jaguar, March 19; UFA WR Floyd Turner, Feb. 26. |
| Key arrivals: QB Stoney Case/ex-Colt, Aug. 17 (1 year,
$400,000); UFA WR-RS Eric Metcalf/ex-Cardinal, July 1; WR Billy Davis/ex-Cowboy, June 18
(1 year, $475,000, $75,000 SB); UFA WR Webster Slaughter/ex-Charger, June 7 (1 year); WR
Qadry Ismail/ex-Saint, April 27 (1 year); RFA QB Tony Banks/ex-Ram, April 17 (Ravens
traded 1999 5th-rounder and 2000 7th-rounder to Rams); OT Everett Lindsay/ex-Viking, April
17 (Ravens traded 1999 6th-rounder to Vikings); TE Lovett Purnell/ex-Patriot, March 31
(Ravens traded 6th-round pick in 1999 to Patriots); QB Scott Mitchell/ex-Lion, March 16
(Ravens traded 3rd-round pick in 1999 and conditional 5th-round pick in 2000 to Lions);
UFA OT Harry Swayne/ex-Bronco, Feb. 26; UFA TE Frank Wainright/ex-Dolphin, Feb. 26; UFA TE
Greg DeLong/ex-Viking, Feb. 26; UFA FB Charles Evans/ex-Viking, Feb. 17. |
| Key departures: UFA WR Michael Jackson, Aug. 11 (to
Seahawks); QB Eric Zeier, April 17 (traded to Buccaneers for 1999 6th-round pick); UFA DT
Sale Isaia, March 30 (to Colts); UFA FB Roosevelt Potts, April 1 (to Dolphins); QB Jim
Harbaugh, March 22 (traded to Chargers — Ravens receive conditional 4th- or 5th-round
pick in 2000); UFA TE Brian Kinchen, March 8 (to Panthers); UFA TE Eric Green, Feb. 17 (to
Jets); UFA DE Mike Frederick, Feb. 17 (to Jets); UFA OT Orlando Brown, Feb. 15 (to
Browns); UFA C-OG Wally Willams, Feb. 12 (to Saints); OG Ben Cavil, Feb. 9 (expansion
draft). |
| Other arrivals: WR Mike Bowman, WR Phil Savoy
(subsequently cut on Aug. 22), RB Ben Snell. |
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| Restricted: None. |
| Unrestricted: C Darrick Brilz, WR Carl Pickens
(franchise). |
| Free-agent re-signings: KR-DB Tremain Mack, June 24
(contract rewritten for 2 years); RFA TE Marco Battaglia, May 25 (3 years); RFA DE Jevon
Langford, May 25 (1 year); RFA FB Brian Milne, May 20 (1 year); UFA CB Corey Sawyer, May
10 (3 years, $1.7 million, $200,000 SB); RFA S Greg Myers, May 6 (1 year); RFA OG Ken
Blackman, May 4 (1 year); EFA LB Billy Granville, April 22 (1 year); RFA OG Rod Jones and
RFA WR Stepfret Williams, April 15; EFA WR James Hundon, April 1 (1 year); EFA FB Clif
Groce, March 23 (3 years, $1.5 million); RFA Tom Tumulty, Feb. 11 (2 years). |
| Key arrivals: OT Jamain Stephens/ex-Steeler, Aug. 3
(claimed off waivers); OG Rob Murphy, July 9 (rookie free agent; 2 years, $500,000); FB
Nicky Sualua/ex-Cowboy, June 26 (claimed off waivers); UFA OG Matt O’Dwyer/ex-Jet,
June 18 (2 years, $2.7 million, $700,000 SB, $1 million base salary each year); UFA OG
Brian DeMarco/ex-Jaguar, April 3 (3 years $3.85 million, $850,000 SB); UFA DT Oliver
Gibson/ex-Steeler, March 8 (3 years, $3.6 million, $1.5 million SB). |
| Key departures: UFA FB Ray Zellars, Aug. 4 (to Raiders);
UFA CB Ashley Ambrose, July 13 (to Saints); WR Jason Shelley, May 20 (cut); UFA RB Eric
Bieniemy, May 7 (to Eagles); UFA OG Anthony Brown, April 26 (to Steelers); QB Paul Justin,
April 20 (cut); QB Neil O'Donnell, April 19 (cut); UFA S Sam Shade, Feb. 18 (to Redskins);
UFA DE Clyde Simmons, Feb. 17 (to Bears); WR Damon Gibson and; DT Mike Thompson, Feb. 9
(expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: RB Michael Basnight, April 28 (3 years);
WR Tommie Boyd, April 8 (2 years; subsequently cut on Aug. 22); OT Mike Doughty. |
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| Restricted: S Malcolm Forbes, LB Lenoy Jones, WR Freddie
Solomon. |
| Unrestricted: None. |
| Free-agent re-signings: RFA QB-P Scott Milanovich, April
14 (subsequently cut); RFA CB Raymond Jackson, April 14; RFA RB Jerris McPhail, March 30. |
| Key arrivals: PK Chris Boniol/ex-Eagle, Aug. 21; OG Alex
Bernstein/ex-Jet, Aug. 18; OT Matt Willig/ex-Packer, Aug. 17; UFA CB Ryan McNeil/ex-Ram,
July 31; UFA LB Jamir Miller/ex-Cardinal, May 11 (1 year, $1.3 million plus incentives);
UFA DT Jerry Ball/ex-Viking, April 27; UFA DT-NT Darius Holland/ex-Lion, April 23; TE Ed
Smith/ex-Falcon, April 23; RB Sedrick Shaw/ex-Patriot, April 22 (acquired for past
considerations); FB Marc Edwards/ex-49er, April 17 (Browns traded 1999 4th-round pick to
49ers); UFA DE Derrick Alexander/ex-Viking, April 17 (3 years); UFA WR Leslie
Shepherd/ex-Redskin, April 8 (1 year, $850,000); UFA DT John Jurkovic/ex-Jaguar, March 26
(3 years, $3.45 million); UFA RB Terry Kirby/ex-49er, March 4; UFA DB Marquez
Pope/ex-49er, March 3 (2 years, $5 million); UFA OT Lomas Brown/ex-Cardinal, March 3 (3
years, $10.75 million, $3 million SB); UFA DE John Thierry/ex-Bear, Feb. 25 (1 year, $1
million, plus incentives); QB Ty Detmer/ex-49er, Feb. 22 (traded 5th-round pick and
swapped 4th-round picks with the 49ers — Detmer agreed to a new contract: 7 years,
$14 million); LB Chris Spielman/ex-Bill, Feb. 16 (acquired from Bills for past
considerations); UFA OT Orlando Brown/ex-Raven, Feb. 15 (7 years, $26 million); UFA CB
Corey Fuller/ex-Viking, Feb. 15 (5 years, $20.6 million); UFA P Chris Gardocki/ex-Colt,
Feb. 14; UFA C Dave Wohlabaugh/ex-Patriot, Feb. 14 (7 years, $26.25 million); DE Roy
Barker, Feb. 12 (acquired from 49ers for past considerations); TE Irv Smith/ex-49er, Feb.
12 (acquired from 49ers for past considerations). |
| Key departures: RB Jerris McPhail, July 22 (cut); LB
Darion Conner and TE Ed Smith, June 3 (cut); LB Elijah Alexander, June 1 (cut); QB-P Scott
Milanovich, WR Justin Armour and WR Freddie Solomon, May 24 (all cut); C Hicham
El-Mashtoub, April 27 (cut); DT Antonio Anderson, April 22 (cut). |
| Other arrivals: QB Thad Busby, July 30; DE Jim
Baron/ex-Bear, April 23; PK Danny Kight/ex-Buccaneer, April 23 (subsequently cut on Aug.
24); PK Phil Dawson, March 23. |
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| Restricted: None. |
| Unrestricted: QB Jamie Martin, OG Jeff Novak, DT Ed
Philion. |
| Free-agent re-signings: RFA OG Rich Tylski, May 5; UFA
LB Bryan Schwartz, April 20 (1 year); UFA DE Eric Curry, April 8; RFA WR Will Moore, March
24; RFA WR Reggie Barlow, March 23 (3 years); EFA FB Daimon Shelton, March 23 (1 year);
UFA LB Tom McManus, March 17; OT Tony Boselli, March 16 (contract extension for 4 years,
$26 million, $4 million SB; Boselli will play out 2 of the 3 years remaining on original
contract; new deal begins in 2001 and runs through 2004); EFA RB George Jones, March 15;
EFA DT Jose White, March 10; EFA S Blaine McElmurry, March 10; EFA OL Mark Nori, March 10;
EFA OL Todd Fordham, March 10; UFA LB Brant Boyer, March 9 (3 years); RFA CB Aaron
Beasley, March 4; EFA RB Chris Howard, March 4; EFA LB Eddie Mason, March 4; EFA LB Eric
Storz, March 4; EFA DE Lamanzer Williams, March 4; EFA DE Jabbar Threats, March 4. |
| Key arrivals: UFA OG Rob Zatechka/ex-Giant, Aug. 14; UFA
FB Tim Lester/ex-Steeler, Aug. 14 (1 year); LB Lonnie Marts/ex-Titan, July 31 (1 year,
$600,000); OG Zach Wiegert/ex-Ram, May 5 (2 years, $4.3 million, $875,000 SB); QB Jay
Fiedler/ex-Viking, April 16; TFA TE Kyle Brady/ex-Jet, Feb. 17 (5 years, $14.4 million, $4
million SB — Jets chose not to match); UFA S Carnell Lake/ex-Steeler, Feb. 12 (4
years, $18 million, $5 million SB); UFA DT Gary Walker/ex-Oiler, Feb. 12 (5 years, $18
million, $4 million SB). |
| Key departures: UFA DE Jeff Lageman, June 5 (retired);
UFA DT Kelvin Pritchett, April 27 (to Lions); DT Jose White, April 22 (cut); UFA TE Troy
Sadowski, April 22 (to Redskins); UFA S Chris Hudson, April 16 (to Bears); UFA OG Brian
DeMarco, April 3 (to Bengals); UFA S Travis Davis, April 2 (to Steelers); UFA DT John
Jurkovic, March 26 (to Browns); DT Don Davey, March 24 (cut); UFA TE Pete Mitchell, March
23 (to Giants); UFA DE Fernando Smith, March 19 (to Ravens); UFA FB Zack Crockett, March
16 (to Raiders); CB Kevin Devine, Feb. 9 (expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: OT Josh Kobdish/ex-49er, Aug. 17; OT
Mike Webster, Aug. 9; WR James Battle and LB Jaime Baisley, Aug. 3; LB Anthony
Hicks/ex-Packer, June 10 (subsequently cut on Aug. 17); WR Nakia Jenkins, Feb. 17. |
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| Restricted: None. |
| Unrestricted: RB Fred McAfee. |
| Free-agent re-signings: DE Kevin Henry, July 28
(contract extended); OT Justin Strzelczyk, July 23 (had contract extended 1 year, through
2000); QB Kordell Stewart, April 30 (tore up original contract that ran through 2000 and
signed new deal for 5 years totaling $27 million, with $8.1 million SB; new annual
salaries will be $400,000 in 1999, $2.5 million in 2000, $4.4 million in 2001, $5.3
million in 2002, $6.3 million in 2003); RFA's LB Carlos Emmons and DL Orpheus Roye, April
28 (1 year each); UFA S Lethon Flowers, Feb. 16 (4 years, $10 million); TE Mark Bruener,
Feb. 10 (4 years, $10 million); P Josh Miller (3 years); RFA FB Jon Witman, March 10 (3
years, $3.2 million). |
| Key arrivals: OT Shar Pourdanesh/ex-Redskin, Aug. 13
(acquired from Redskins for conditional 7th-round draft choice in 2000); UFA OT Anthony
Brown/ex-Bengal, April 26; UFA OT Wayne Gandy/ex-Ram, April 6 (4 years, $14 million); UFA
S Travis Davis/ex-Jaguar, April 2 (3 years); WR Alex Van Dyke/ex-Jet, March 26 (traded
6th-round pick in 1999 to Jets). |
| Key departures: UFA PK Norm Johnson, Aug. 16 (to
Eagles); UFA FB Tim Lester, Aug. 14 (to Jaguars); OT Jamain Stephens, July 30 (cut); OT
Will Wolford, April 7 (cut); RFA WR-KR Jahine Arnold, April 5 (traded to Packers for past
considerations); S Bo Orlando, April 5 (cut); UFA S Darren Perry, March 12 (to Chargers);
UFA NT Oliver Gibson, March 8 (to Bengals); UFA WR Charles Johnson, Feb. 15 (to Eagles);
UFA LB Donta Jones, Feb. 12 (to Panthers); UFA S Carnell Lake, Feb. 12 (to Jaguars); DE
Rod Manuel, Feb. 9 (expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: OT Emerson Martin, Aug. 4; DE Ernie
Brown. |
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| Restricted: RB Mike Archie, S Anthony Dorsett, LB Terry
Killens, QB Steve Matthews, OT Jon Runyan. |
| Unrestricted: QB Dave Krieg. |
| Free-agent re-signings: RFA OT Jon Runyan (1 year,
$1.265 million); UFA OG Bruce Matthews, May 13 (4 years, $14.65 million, $4 million SB);
RFA DE James Roberson, May 3; UFA LB Eddie Robinson, March 1 (4 years, $12 million, $3
million SB). |
| Key arrivals: QB Neil O'Donnell/ex-Bengal, July 23 (1
year, $1.1 million plus incentives); UFA DT Jason Fisk/ex-Viking, March 3 (3 years); FB
Lorenzo Neal/ex-Buccanneer, March 2 (4 years); UFA DE Mike Jones/ex-Ram, Feb. 15. |
| Key departures: LB Lonnie Marts, July 29; UFA C Mark
Stepnoski, April 13 (to Cowboys); UFA DE Anthony Cook, March 29 (to Redskins); UFA DT Gary
Walker, Feb. 12 (to Jaguars); WR Willie Davis and OG Erik Norgard, Feb. 12 (cut); LB Lenoy
Jones, Feb. 9 (expansion draft). |
| Other arrivals: RB Spencer George; DE Chris Ward. |
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