{"id":754233,"date":"2026-02-15T17:17:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/754233\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T17:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:17:21","slug":"ravens-preparing-to-lose-c-tyler-linderbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/754233\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Preparing To Lose C Tyler Linderbaum?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsboom.us\/nfl\/exclusive-ravens-eyeing-an-alternative-for-center-linderbaum-who-is-poised-for-big-free-agent-payday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason La Canfora<\/a>, the Ravens have been preparing for the possibility that they will lose C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LindTy00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-15_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyler Linderbaum<\/a> in free agency this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-658150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USATSI_27990723_168383805_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Connor McGovern\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Because of how the franchise tag is calculated, the Ravens are unlikely to franchise Linderbaum, meaning he has a path to maximizing his value on the open market if Baltimore can\u2019t lock him up with an extension first.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>La Canfora also notes the Ravens have historically not spent top dollar on centers and a league source indicated there\u2019s some internal medical concern about Linderbaum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>La Canfora says the Ravens are eyeing Bills C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=McGoCo00,McGoCo01&amp;search=Connor+McGovern&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-15_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Connor McGovern<\/a>, also a pending free agent, as a potential alternative to Linderbaum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers and Giants have emerged as <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BNLW-2L7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two teams expected to hotly pursue Linderbaum<\/a> and there will probably be others, as he\u2019s one of the top free agents set to be available this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Linderbaum, 25, was a three-year starter at Iowa and earned first-team All-American honors in 2021 and 2020, to go along with a first-team All-Big Ten selection in 2021, second-team All-Big Ten in 2020, and an honorable mention in 2019. <\/p>\n<p>The Ravens used the No. 25 overall pick on him in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He was entering the final year of a four-year, $13,238,286 contract that included a $6,807,844 signing bonus when the Ravens declined his fifth-year option, projected to be worth $23.4 million fully guaranteed for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Linderbaum is slated to be an unrestricted free agent in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Linderbaum appeared in all 17 games for the Ravens and started all 17 games at center. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/nfl\/grades\/position\/c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Football Focus<\/a> had him graded as the No. 4 center out of 37 qualifying players.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We have him included in our <a href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/top-100-2026-nfl-free-agents\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top 100 2026 Free Agents<\/a> list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking for the latest NFL Insider News &amp; Rumors?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be sure to follow <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/nfltraderumors.co\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Trade Rumors<\/a> on <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nfltrade_rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.com<\/a>\u00a0and <a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfltraderumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0for breaking NFL News and Rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Jason La Canfora, the Ravens have been preparing for the possibility that they will lose C&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,1522,7,6,169,7427],"class_list":{"0":"post-754233","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-connor-mcgovern","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-ravens","15":"tag-tyler-linderbaum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116075788014177977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}