Diante Lee

Right.

Like I do say, I mean, man, I took a big goal when I did figure it out, like 27 per 27 million per year.

Right.

We were eclipsing Tyler Smith as a highest paid guard.

Right.

We're eclipsing Trey Smith who basically kind of got to this APY cause he had to be franchise tag.

Right.

Like,

That's a lot of money to pay to a center.

That said, I can't sit here and pretend like we weren't on the same podcast saying that Tyler Linderbaum is going to end up resetting the market for all centers, certainly, and could be up there amongst the top interior offensive linemen.

And if you're the Raiders...

Clearly, this must have been a call that came with full alignment from head coach Clint Kubiak, Tom Brady.

Everybody in the organization that makes decisions must have all sat down and felt like, we cannot run this offense the way that we need to run this offense unless we exit free agency with this guy.

And hey, you had the money to spend, so...

Why not?

If you do got to hit the salary cap floor, why not overspend, so to speak, on a player as good as Tyler Hilderbaum?

I think that the biggest thing for me is looking at $20 million guaranteed per year, I think is what over the cap has it at.

That's hefty.

that's very hefty for a center.

And maybe if this team becomes a legitimate contender, we look up at the tail end of this contract and say, man, that is a lot of money to have anchored to not the highest impact guy on your offensive line.