Sheil Kapadia
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You know, we don't do a lot of center talk here on the Ringer NFL show, but it's free agency, Deontay.
And I think he's one of the only guys in free agency that I think is going to reset the market.
And by that, I mean, just be the highest paid player at his position.
So Tyler Linderbaum from the Ravens entering his age 26 season has been very durable and
I would say I'm not going to be able to pretend that I've watched every snap of every center in the NFL.
But my sense is he's not quite an all pro caliber player, but he's like a very good player, maybe in that like five to 10 range among centers right around there.
And when you get to free agency at his age, when you're like a top five, top eight player at your position, those guys generally do reset the market.
And that would probably mean around 20 million per year.
beating the Creed Humphrey deal.
Where are you on Linderbaum?
I feel like just reading sort of the beat writer coverage around the NFL, there are a lot of teams that are like, we want Tyler Linderbaum.
He can change our offense.
So yes, you know, he's a center, but he is drawing some interest.
Some fan bases are pretty excited about adding him, it seems like.
Those are the two fan bases that it seems they're like, we would really like to get Linderbaum.
We have money.
We need to protect our quarterback for the Raiders.
It's with a rookie, presumably, coming in in Mendoza.
And then the Chargers, man.
Listen, I'm going to have to... If they get Linderbaum and have a nice draft...