Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\nLike Tyler Linderbaum, Jones is a product of the Iowa Hawkeyes program. How is that for a coincidence? Jones can get stronger for the NFL, but he is already pro-ready.<\/p>\n
Jake Slaughter, Florida Gators<\/p>\n
Jake Slaughter had a rough start to his 2024 season, but played better as it went along. In 2025, he looked solid. Most importantly, he looked comfortable.<\/p>\n
At 6-foot-four and 308 pounds, he carries a nice frame to the professional level. This comes after the two-time First-Team All-SEC nod earned First-Team All-American honors in 2024 before being named a Second-Team All-American in 2025.<\/p>\n
Sam Hecht, Kansas State Wildcats<\/p>\n
There are questions about Sam Hecht. None are about his maturity or character, which is always a good thing, but at times discussions transpire about his 6-foot-4, 300-pound frame. That has led to questions about his power, which some have rated as average or below average.<\/p>\n
Is he only capable of scheme-specific blocking? Will Connor Lew’s injury catapult him towards being seen as having higher upside? Time will tell. For now, he is seen as a mid to late-rounder.<\/p>\n
Matt Gulbin, Michigan State Spartans<\/p>\n
Matt Gulbin earned honorable mention All-ACC honors to close three seasons at Wake Forest after redshirting as a freshman. He entered the transfer portal after the 2024 season. He landed with the Michigan State Spartans and was named to the Rimington Award Watch List.<\/p>\n
He was named a captain for the Spartans and now looks to continue his football journey if the NFL. He stands at 6-foot-4. He weighs 312 pounds.<\/p>\n
Here’s one from the College Football Playoff national champions. Pat Coogan was named a Second-Team All-Big Ten honoree and won the Rose Bowl’s offensive MVP award. He has already proven that he can rise to the moment.<\/p>\n
That kind of resume tends to translate well. There’s no true replacing a player like Linderbaum. If Baltimore approaches this the way it always has, with patience and strategy, it won’t take long to find the next anchor in the middle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 10:52 a.m. ET Replacing Tyler Linderbaum isn’t something the Baltimore Ravens can do with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[95878,184,117,2282,7,6,169,96963,96964,95882,95930,96156,109137,98165,98164,97404,95896,96758,96097,95888,95899,95906,96099,95883,102303,95881],"class_list":["post-838329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-ravens","tag-accessfree","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-baltimoreravens","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-ravens","tag-sstssportsnflravens","tag-sstsnravens","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","tag-tagcollege-football-playoff","tag-tagdanny-pinter","tag-tagindiana-hoosiers","tag-tagindiana-hoosiers-football","tag-tagiowa-hawkeyes","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagncaa-big-ten-conference","tag-tagncaa-southeastern-conference","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtyler-linderbaum","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838329","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=838329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}