{"id":817970,"date":"2026-03-17T22:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817970\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:49:14","slug":"tyler-linderbaum-relationship-between-center-qb-is-really-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/817970\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Linderbaum: Relationship between center, QB is really important"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Raiders have a new veteran center and \u2014 presumably \u2014 will have a quarterback selected at No. 1 overall in this year\u2019s draft next month. <\/p>\n<p>The relationship between free-agent signee Tyler Linderbaum and the assumed No. 1 overall pick, Fernando Mendoza, will significantly affect the outcome of Las Vegas\u2019 offense and the team as a whole. <\/p>\n<p>Coming from the Ravens, that\u2019s something Linderbaum understands, as he detailed in a recent interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the relationship with the quarterback [and] center is really important. Communication, understanding \u2026 protections and putting the team in the best position possible on that play \u2014 <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SiriusXMNFL\/status\/2033967351117250747?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">it\u2019s certainly important<\/a>,\u201d Linderbaum told Jacob Hester and PatKirwan of Movin\u2019 the Chains. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to have a relationship. Lamar and I certainly had a relationship and I think it comes down to, it\u2019s very important. And that starts throughout the week with your preparation, game prep. You\u2019ve got to be seeing the same things that the quarterback\u2019s seeing and vice versa. I think that\u2019s what\u2019s going to build a strong unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Linderbaum, 25, was the No. 25 overall pick of the 2022 draft and started 66 games for the Ravens over the last four seasons, including all 17 in each of the last two years. Linderbaum was a Pro Bowler in each of the last three seasons as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raiders have a new veteran center and \u2014 presumably \u2014 will have a quarterback selected at No.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7],"class_list":{"0":"post-817970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116246961630077611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817970","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=817970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}