{"id":785917,"date":"2026-03-02T04:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/785917\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T04:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T04:39:23","slug":"ravens-have-submitted-market-topping-offer-to-c-tyler-linderbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/785917\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens Have Submitted Market-Topping Offer To C Tyler Linderbaum"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARCH 1:\u00a0As ESPN\u2019s Dan Graziano notes<\/a>, many observers believe Linderbaum will manage to surpass $20MM per year on his next contract. Whether or not the Ravens\u2019 top offer is that valuable remains to be seen, and in any case it could be surpassed by outside bids soon provided Linderbaum reaches free agency.<\/p>\n

FEBRUARY 24:\u00a0Aside from lowering Lamar Jackson<\/a>\u2018s cap charge for 2026, the Ravens\u2019 No. 1 priority is retaining Tyler Linderbaum<\/a>.\u00a0The top pending free agent at the center position (and many others) is in line for a massive raise regardless of where it comes from. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Baltimore made the expected move of declining Linderbaum\u2019s fifth-year option last spring, setting up the need for a long-term pact to be worked out ahead of free agency. When speaking to reporters at the Combine on Tuesday, general manager\u00a0Eric DeCosta\u00a0made another unsurprising announcement by stating (via Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic<\/a>) the transition and franchise tags will not be in play in this case. Tags group all O-linemen together for valuation purposes, making them feasible for tackles but rare in the case of interior blockers.<\/p>\n

That leaves a long-term commitment as the path forward with respect to Linderbaum, who is open to re-signing<\/a>. DeCosta has been clear about a mutual desire<\/a> existing for a new pact, and on Tuesday he made a notable but not unexpected revelation. The Ravens have submitted a \u201cmarket-setting\u201d offer to Linderbaum\u2019s camp, DeCosta said (h\/t Zrebiec<\/a>). The top of the center market reached $18MM per year when\u00a0Creed Humphrey<\/a>\u00a0signed his Chiefs extension in 2024.<\/p>\n

The NFL\u2019s salary cap saw another jump after that pact was signed, and a surge past $300MM is expected when the 2026 figure is finalized. That leaves Linderbaum as an obvious candidate to surpass Humphrey in terms of AAV. The Chiefs Pro Bowler secured over $50MM in new guarantees on his extension, with $35MM of that figure fully guaranteed at signing. It would stand to reason Baltimore\u2019s latest offer surpasses each of those figures, but further details on the Linderbaum negotiations will be worth watching for in any event.<\/p>\n

Daniel Faalele<\/a> has operated as the Ravens\u2019 starting right guard for each of the past two years, but he is a pending free agent. The team could also look to upgrade from left guard Andrew Vorhees<\/a>\u00a0as a starter, so losing Linderbaum on the open market would leave open the possibility of three replacements being sought out this spring. Baltimore will look to avoid such a scenario, but it remains to be seen if the ongoing efforts to work out a deal will be sufficient to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARCH 1:\u00a0As ESPN\u2019s Dan Graziano notes, many observers believe Linderbaum will manage to surpass $20MM per year on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,6,169,7427],"class_list":{"0":"post-785917","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\/116157742102661660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785917","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=785917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}