The Baltimore Ravens picked up S Kyle Hamilton’s fifth-year option, but not C Tyler Linderbaum’s in a justified decision. As seems so often the case, it’s actually the NFL who is to blame. For whatever reason, the fifth-year option value bunches up all offensive linemen into a single group, despite varying pay scales. Put simply, Linderbaum’s fifth-year option amount was way out of proportion for center pay as it currently stands.
In other words, the Ravens’ decision on Linderbaum is perfectly reasonable, and says nothing about his future. In fact, to that end, the team attached some actual words to that effect.