{"id":773585,"date":"2026-02-24T16:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773585\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:25:15","slug":"ravens-have-market-setting-offer-out-to-c-tyler-linderbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/773585\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Have &#8216;Market-Setting&#8217; Offer Out To C Tyler Linderbaum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ravens GM Eric DeCosta said at the Scouting Combine on Tuesday that they have a \u201cmarket-setting\u201d contract offer on the table for C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LindTy00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyler Linderbaum<\/a>, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jeffzrebiec\/status\/2026316270732198050?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeff Zrebiec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-450548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/USATSI_18222236_168383805_lowres.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Linderbaum\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Chiefs C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HumpCr00.htm?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nfltraderumors.co&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_pfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Creed Humphrey<\/a> currently paces all centers at $18 million a year. Linderbaum has been expected to exceed that easily as a free agent on the open market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeCosta confirmed Baltimore won\u2019t use the franchise tag on Linderbaum to prevent him from free agency. Still, it appears that Baltimore intends to be competitive at least to retain him.\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":"Ravens GM Eric DeCosta said at the Scouting Combine on Tuesday that they have a \u201cmarket-setting\u201d contract offer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,6,169,7427],"class_list":{"0":"post-773585","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","14":"tag-tyler-linderbaum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116126544764074330","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773585","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=773585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773585\/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=773585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}