{"id":764799,"date":"2026-02-20T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/764799\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:20:16","slug":"tyler-linderbaum-is-the-perfect-free-agent-can-ravens-re-sign-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/764799\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Linderbaum is the \u2018perfect free agent\u2019 \u2014 can Ravens re-sign him?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by Yahoo Sports senior NFL writer Frank Schwab to discuss whether the Baltimore Ravens will be able to re-sign center Tyler Linderbaum. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube<\/a> or YahooSports.TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If I’m a team out there, Linderbaum is my guy.<\/p>\n

I, I am saying this is a- center is a premium position.<\/p>\n

I think we underrate it a lot of times.<\/p>\n

He’s 26 years old, he has played at a high level, former first-round pick, and now all of a sudden he’s a free agent?<\/p>\n

This is the type of guy who This isn’t a one-year fix.<\/p>\n

Like, Trey Hendrickson is u- up there in age.<\/p>\n

Like, you don’t think- I don’t think you’re getting three quality years out of Trey Hendrickson.<\/p>\n

I think I’m getting four or five out of Tyler Linderbaum, so this is the perfect free agent.<\/p>\n

most free agents are flawed because they’re older in their career, they only have a couple years left.<\/p>\n

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You’re, you’re overpaying a guy for the front end of the contract when you know the back end’s gonna be bad.<\/p>\n

Linderbaum, I think, is You can give him a five-year deal at a good price, and centers aren’t overpaid.<\/p>\n

You’re not paying like he’s a left tackle, and I think you’d get a very good four or five years out of him.<\/p>\n

So he’d be the guy who I think steps into a, a- all these teams talk about, “We need to fix the offensive line, we need…” Go get Tyler Linderbaum, you’re gonna be fine.<\/p>\n

We know that Tyler Linderbaum is reliable.<\/p>\n

We know that he’s young.<\/p>\n

He has a lot of football ahead of him.<\/p>\n

He has that built rapport a- and relationship with Lamar Jackson.<\/p>\n

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Is it as simple as the Ravens are just gonna let him walk?<\/p>\n

What can the Ravens do- I don’t know, I- … to keep him in the building?<\/p>\n

I know, I know, and, and that’s the thing.<\/p>\n

You start with the, with the Baltimore Ravens, you’re like, you can’t pay everybody.<\/p>\n

Like, Isaiah Likely’s another guy who I’m sure they would love to pay.<\/p>\n

They’re probably not.<\/p>\n

Charlie Koller, their, their third tight end, is getting a lot of interest already in the free agency buzz.<\/p>\n

So y- you know, you can’t pay everybody, but he’s a guy I would prioritize.<\/p>\n

I’d be trying to lock him up to a long-term deal.<\/p>\n

I’m sure they are.<\/p>\n

But honestly, like a lot of these NFL free agents, I get why they stay.<\/p>\n

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Don’t, don’t get me wrong.<\/p>\n

But I’d be like, “I’m, I’m hitting free agency and see what contract offers roll in,” because when you look at, when you look at free agency every year, we make a big deal out of NFL free agency.<\/p>\n

We, we all do it.<\/p>\n

We’re doing it right now, but here’s the truth, you know, qui- just between us, right?<\/p>\n

Free agency in the NFL usually is not that good.<\/p>\n

You look at this top 25 list, and there’s guys who, again, a top 25 list should be pretty good.<\/p>\n

There are guys on this list who I’m like, “Eh, I guess.”<\/p>\n

Like, NFL free agency, teams lock up their own guys.<\/p>\n

So if I’m one of these guys at a, at a prime position who’s a very good player, I’d say, “Let me test the market-<\/p>\n

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