NFL Off-Season Guide #8

It's officially the off-season in the NFL, so in order to keep everyone up-to-date on all the transactions going on in the league, I present to you.....the Ultimate Football Blog's NFL Off-Season Guide!

Any transaction that happens in the NFL will be featured in this column. If you are lost by the amount of roster transactions your favorite team has made so far this year, have no fear. You've come to the right place to keep track of it all.

Before we begin, just a quick note:

-"2014 playing grade" is pretty self-explanatory. It's the grade I'm personally giving the player based entirely on what they did on-the-field last season. Get it? Got it? Good.

2015 NFL Off-Season Guide

#8

Arizona Cardinals

-Signed free agent WR Nate Slaughter (didn't play in NFL in 2014)

Atlanta Falcons

-No transactions this week

Baltimore Ravens

-No transactions this week

Buffalo Bills

-No transactions this week

Carolina Panthers

-Claimed OT Jonathan Martin off of waivers (2014 playing grade: D)

-Signed free agent WR Jarrett Boykin (2014 playing grade: D-)

Chicago Bears

-Signed free agent DE Ray McDonald (2014 playing grade: B)

-Signed free agent DE Jarvis Jenkins (2014 playing grade: D)

-Signed free agent LB Mason Foster (2014 playing grade: D+)

-Signed free agent CB Alan Ball (2014 playing grade: C)

Cincinnati Bengals

-Signed free agent DT Pat Sims (2014 playing grade: C-)

Cleveland Browns

-No transactions this week

Dallas Cowboys

-Re-signed DT Nick Hayden to a contract extension (2014 playing grade: F)

Denver Broncos

-No transactions this week

Detroit Lions

-No transactions this week

Green Bay Packers

-Signed free agent DB Kyle Sebetic (didn't play in NFL in 2014)

Houston Texans

-Re-signed LB Akeem Dent to a contract extension (2014 playing grade: D)

Indianapolis Colts

-No transactions this week

Jacksonville Jaguars

-No transactions this week

Kansas City Chiefs

-No transactions this week

Miami Dolphins

-Re-signed DL Derrick Shelby to a contract extension (2014 playing grade: D+)

Minnesota Vikings

-Signed free agent LB Casey Matthews (2014 playing grade: D+)

-Signed free agent S Taylor Mays (2014 playing grade: D-)

-Signed free agent OT Babatunde Aiyegbusi (didn't play in NFL in 2014)

-Waived LB Justin Anderson (2014 playing grade: D-)

-Waived OG Jordan McCray (didn't play in NFL in 2014)

-Signed free agent DB Terence Newman (2014 playing grade: C+)

New England Patriots

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-No transactions this week

New Orleans Saints

-No transactions this week

New York Giants

-No transactions this week

New York Jets

-Signed free agent DE Stephen Bowen (2014 playing grade: C-)

-Signed free agent DE Kevin Vickerson (2014 playing grade: D-)

-Signed free agent OT Corey Hilliard (2014 playing grade: D-)

-Signed free agent TE Kellen Davis (2014 playing grade: D-)

Oakland Raiders

-No transactions this week

Philadelphia Eagles

-No transactions this week

Pittsburgh Steelers

-Re-signed LB James Harrison to a contract extension (2014 playing grade: B+)

-Re-signed WR Darrius Heyward-Bey to a contract extension (2014 playing grade: D+)

San Diego Chargers

-No transactions this week

San Francisco 49ers

-Waived OT Jonathan Martin (2014 playing grade: D)

Seattle Seahawks

-No transactions this week

St. Louis Rams

-No transactions this week

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

-Waived LB Brandon Magee (2014 playing grade: D)

Tennessee Titans

-Re-signed CB Brandon Harris to a contract extension (2014 playing grade: D)

Washington Redskins

-No transactions this week