{"id":488381,"date":"2026-02-24T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/488381\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T22:03:08","slug":"ravens-say-theyve-made-market-setting-offer-to-tyler-linderbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/488381\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens say they&#8217;ve made &#8220;market-setting&#8221; offer to Tyler Linderbaum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ravens General Manager Eric DeCosta said recently that the team had some work to do when it comes to re-signing center Tyler Linderbaum ahead of free agency and he revealed one of the steps they\u2019ve taken during a Tuesday press conference in Indianapolis. <\/p>\n<p>Linderbaum, who <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/nfl-top-100-free-agents-2026-george-pickens-tops-the-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">is No. 3<\/a> on PFT\u2019s list of the top free agents, is set for free agency after the Ravens passed on exercising their fifth-year option on his rookie deal. That decision was tied to the $23.4 million salary that would come with that option as it would be well above the $18 million average annual salary that currently tops the market for centers. <\/p>\n<p>That salary disparity would also be in play for the franchise tag, but DeCosta said on Tuesday that the Ravens are willing to make Linderbaum the highest-paid center in the league. He told reporters that the team has offered Linderbaum a \u201cmarket-setting\u201d deal as they try to hold onto the three-time Pro Bowler.<\/p>\n<p>The question for Linderbaum is whether another team will offer him an even bigger contract to switch teams ahead of the 2026 season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ravens General Manager Eric DeCosta said recently that the team had some work to do when it comes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-488381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}