{"id":756861,"date":"2026-02-16T22:19:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756861\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T22:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:19:49","slug":"baltimore-ravens-eyeing-pro-bowl-replacement-for-tyler-linderbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/756861\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens &#8216;Eyeing&#8217; Pro Bowl Replacement for Tyler Linderbaum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve already seen the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/baltimore-ravens\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> make wholesale changes this offseason. First, they changed head coaches, going from the proven John Harbaugh to the unproven Todd Monken. Eventually, there will be big roster changes ahead too, possibly even saying goodbye to a Pro Bowl talent like Tyler Linderbaum.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Pro Bowl center is set to be a free agent for the first time in his NFL career. Still just 25, Linderbaum may be set to be the highest-paid center in the league. Right now, that honor belongs to Creed Humphrey, who is earning an average of $18 million per season from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/kansas-city-chiefs\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If the Ravens decide Linderbaum isn\u2019t worth the market value, they\u2019ll have to find a new starting center. Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsboom.us\/nfl\/exclusive-ravens-eyeing-an-alternative-for-center-linderbaum-who-is-poised-for-big-free-agent-payday\" type=\"link\" id=\"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\">Sports Boom\u2019s Jason La Canfora<\/a> suggested the Ravens should consider signing Connor McGovern in free agency. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBadly in need of offensive line fortification, the Ravens are eyeing former Bills and Cowboys standout Connor McGovern as a replacement, with Linderbaum expected to land one of the more lucrative deals on the\u00a0NFL\u00a0open market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sports Boom\u2019s Jason La Canfora on Connor McGovern<\/p>\n<p>Like Linderbaum, McGovern is a Pro Bowl center. McGovern is still just 28 years old, and he could wind up being a multi-year solution in Baltimore at a reduced cost compared to Linderbaum. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/29126\/connor-mcgovern\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/29126\/connor-mcgovern\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spotrac<\/a> projects McGovern to command a salary worth $16.3 million, and Linderbaum is projected to sign for $17.7 million per season. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, these are only projections. Once players hit the open market, numbers tend to inflate. That could be the case with the center market too. <\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nfl\/los-angeles-chargers-rumors-tyler-linderbaum\" type=\"post\" id=\"1399403\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Chargers Linked to Pro Bowl Replacement to Solve Biggest Need<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771280389_194_cdc369fe6a9c435ab1a9344f358409a43c884a12b775d8a8492a08641e9e201e.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tDedicated  NFL  copywriter\/editor.  My  work  has  been  found  on  Sportsnaut,  Sports  Illustrated,  Sporting  News,  MSN,  Yahoo,  and  Minnesota  Sports  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/andrewbr2020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Buller-Russ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve already seen the Baltimore Ravens make wholesale changes this offseason. First, they changed head coaches, going from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,6,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-756861","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-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116082638087503932","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756861","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=756861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}