{"id":212610,"date":"2026-03-10T03:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212610\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T03:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T03:53:19","slug":"raiders-make-massive-splash-to-improve-offensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/212610\/","title":{"rendered":"Raiders make massive splash to improve offensive line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 first splash in outside free agency was a huge one and a needed one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to ESPN, the Raiders have signed Baltimore Ravens center Tyler Linderbaum. He was one of the most sought after free agents available regardless of position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Raiders paid a massive cost to land Linderbaum, who turns 26 next month. He is getting a three-year, $81 million deal with $60 million in guaranteed money. He is making nine million more than any other center in the NFL and three more million than any guard. So, yes, it\u2019s quite a commitment from Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But they had a major need on the offensive line and he is a great fit for new coach Klint Kubiak\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Linderbaum, who as allowed just five sacks in four NFL seasons, will be a huge help for the Raiders for expected No. 1 overall draft pick Fernando Mendoza and second-year running back Ashton Jeanty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Las Vegas\u2019 offensive line needed a big overhaul and it started in a big way with the Linderbaum addition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 first splash in outside free agency was a huge one and a needed one.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[69937,19186,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-212610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-las-vegas-raiders-free-agency","tag-las-vegas-raiders-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}