{"id":802858,"date":"2026-03-09T18:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/802858\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:54:20","slug":"raiders-to-sign-ravens-c-tyler-linderbaum-in-nfl-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/802858\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders to sign Ravens C Tyler Linderbaum in NFL free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Raiders aggressively addressed one of the primary weaknesses on the first day of free agency.<\/p>\n<p>The club agreed with Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum on a record-breaking three-year contract worth $81 million, including $60 million guaranteed, a person with\u00a0knowledge of the\u00a0deal confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>To address a critical need, the Raiders are making Linderbaum the highest-paid interior offensive lineman in NFL history at an annual salary of $27.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38723017\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2255159773.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Linderbaum of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates during an NFL football game.\" class=\"wp-image-38723017\"  \/>Tyler Linderbaum of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates after a play during an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on January 4, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Signing the 25-year-old Linderbaum allows Jackson Powers-Johnson to remain at guard. With\u00a0Kolton Miller returning from injury at left tackle and Powers-Johnson also returning, the Raiders have three starting roles set as they rebuild their offensive line in preparation for drafting Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick in next month\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p>Ther club is also high on right tackle DJ Glaze, and second-year linemen Charles Grant and Caleb Rogers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raiders aggressively addressed one of the primary weaknesses on the first day of free agency. The club&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,1443,7,393,6,89225,169,9,7427],"class_list":{"0":"post-802858","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-california","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-free-agency-2026","16":"tag-ravens","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-tyler-linderbaum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116200740638210676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802858","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=802858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}