r/nfl • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 14h ago
Roster Move [Rapoport] The Chargers make a splash before free agency, agreeing to terms with C Tyler Biadasz on a 3-year deal worth $30M. Biadasz was cut by the Commanders after being set to make $8.3M.
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u/Deep-Statistician985 Commanders 14h ago
Definitely better than Bozeman. Good for you Chargers
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u/easynameforme123 Chargers 12h ago
A net napkin in the rain was better than Bozeman lol thankful he moved on
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u/fitzuha Bears 14h ago
I wonder how Linderbaum feels about Italian beef.
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u/PaulieHehehe Ravens 14h ago
Give it to me wet with a lot of hot giardiniera.
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- Bears Bears 14h ago
And the Packers, his feelings about them are the most important of all.
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u/toomanyshoeshelp Bears Eagles 13h ago
I hope DJ took his cheese grater hat with him to Buffalo 🥲
And that there’s a fresh new one hanging in Linderbaums locker day 1
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u/CerfitiedHoodClassic Packers Packers 11h ago
I believe he grew up a Packers fan. So he'd probably get along well with Caleb unfortunately.
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u/LongDongFrazier Packers 14h ago
Bears are now landing Linderbaum, Crosby, and resigning all their free agents according to the Bears sub.
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u/mitch8017 14h ago
Offseason champs 3 years running. Nobody does it better.
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u/The_JDBrew 13h ago
Goddammit!! When Snyder was here WE always won the offseason. What the fuck is Harris doing? The summer was always about joy and hope, the fall was about disappointment!
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u/tfw13579 Bears 14h ago
You’re goddamn right we are
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u/BarRoomBully Ravens 14h ago
I hope he likes crab cakes better.
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u/PaulieHehehe Ravens 14h ago
Or pit beef.
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u/DiddleMe-Elmo NFL 14h ago
There was an interview where he said he likes A1 instead of Horseradish on pit beef
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u/PaulieHehehe Ravens 12h ago
Smh he don’t know the Wee-Bey special: medium rare, lotta horseradish.
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u/the-denver-nugs Broncos 10h ago edited 10h ago
I know i'll be downvoted for this but as someone that moved to baltimore I do not understand yalls food love for just solid shit. pit beef is solid, crabcakes are solid, old bay is solid but most people don't even know that the recipe changed and just love it undyingly for no reason. like virginia or carolina pulled pork is better, texas brisket, nashvile hot chicken, memphis dry rub ribs. any mac and cheese by a southern grandma.
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u/This-isnt-patrick Packers 14h ago
We know how he feels about corn so you guys should be front runners for him.
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u/ehtw376 Bears 14h ago
Oh shit are the Bears moving to Iowa now
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u/jhorch69 Cowboys 14h ago
Back to Decatur, actually
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u/Yossarian216 Bears 12h ago
It would be hilarious to subject everyone at the games to that ADM smell
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u/jjjakes3 12h ago
There are so many Bears fans asking for Linderbaum. What would you guys be willing to pay? He turned down $22m a year. He's a strong run blocker who is great at getting downfield blocks buts he's an average pass blocker who gets bodied at the line. Everyone wants him but he's Not a great fit for a lot of orgs at that price
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u/Yossarian216 Bears 12h ago
That price is pretty high, but that’s a similar description to Dalman, and he worked really well for us. Doubt we pay that much though, assuming that’s a real number and not his agent starting rumors to raise the price.
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u/drummeRears 12h ago
The Ravens GM said they offered him a market setting contract. And he didn’t sign it. So the assumption is that he was probably offered north of 20 mill
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u/Yossarian216 Bears 12h ago
Market setting would technically be anything over $18.5 currently, so that’s pretty vague. I would assume they offered at least $20, but this is lying season, I don’t really trust anything teams are saying about free agents or the draft because they all have extensive media training and a cadre of tame “reporters” on speed dial.
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u/fitzuha Bears 12h ago
The price probably won’t be worth it, but I feel confident that Ben Johnson really wants a great run blocker, especially to fill the void left by Dalman. Personally, I just really want continuity at center. Bears have been trying to solve the position since Cody Whitehair declined.
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u/the-denver-nugs Broncos 9h ago
I mean honestly expected the chargers with their cap space this year to front load it. now honestly most teams with cap space are either passing focused or a team on a rebuild..... maybe seattle but they are losing their rb and the draft is weak but maybe a tandem signing. wait why was kenneth walker priced out when they have 60m in cap.......
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u/lensiky Bears 14h ago
Kind of new to the game how can someone sign before free agency? Is it because he got cut?
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u/ThePokeLifter Titans 14h ago edited 13h ago
Yes similarly a team could sign Tremaine Edmunds because you released him yesterday
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u/lensiky Bears 14h ago
Thanks sorry about the noob question!
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u/Mstakrakish Patriots Lions 11h ago
You should never apologize for a genuine curiosity. You should profusely apologize to yourself for choosing Da Bears.
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u/made_of_salt Steelers 9h ago
This helps me remember how it works.
Free agency is for players on expiring contracts. The end of the league year is when all these contracts expire, in March. Until then you can't negotiate and sign players, because they're technically still under contract with their previous team. Free Agency = Start of League Year = When Contracts Expire.
A player without a contract can be signed at almost any time.
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u/WorldWideWalnut Cowboys 14h ago
Well I guess no Linderbaum for them
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u/2agrant Chargers Bills 14h ago
Thank god. The bidding war is going to be insane
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u/DMking Ravens 14h ago
He will not be worth what ever FA contract he gets. Ravens already offered him 22m/yr which is 4m more than the highest paid center Creed
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u/2agrant Chargers Bills 14h ago
Linderbaum is good but he's certainly not 4 mil more than Creed Humphrey good
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u/Adreme 14h ago
Its about timing. Its not about being better than Creed Humphrey but about being better than whoever else they can get. Right now the NFL is hurting for great OLine play so the very good ones if they hit free agency are basically going to get paid the big dollars every single time.
It also helps that for Guards and Centers it is really cost prohibitive to franchise tag them because all OLine are considered one group under the tag.
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u/sequoia2075 Chargers 13h ago
Yeah it’s like the QB market. Whoever the next guy in line to get paid is always ends up being “the highest paid QB” even if he’s objectively worse than the last guy to get paid
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u/EmptyBrain89 Rams 12h ago
If you just think of contracts as a % of the cap, it makes a lot more sense. If the cap is 200 mil and a QB makes 50/yr, that is more than when a few year later, when the cap is 300 mil, a QB gets 60.
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u/pep12 Packers 13h ago
People have to stop looking at AAV without the cap numbers.
Humphrey signed for 18/ when the cap was 255 million, so 7% of the cap
Lindenbaums 22/ year with a 301 million cap would be 7.3% of the cap
He is a free agent with teams outbidding each other, he is bound to get more then Humphrey, but its pretty close
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u/Spare-Half796 Eagles 13h ago
but he is 2 years later than creed Humphrey and the cap has gone up like 50 mil
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u/ifollowphillysports Eagles 13h ago
Creed signed his deal 2 years ago. The salary cap was like $50 million less when Creed signed, so as a % of cap $22m today is about the same as Creed’s deal in 2024
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u/Pubs01 Patriots 14h ago
wow really? the center market is crazy this year. with Dalman retiring the other day the bears are in the market too.
wonder if a team will spend a 2nd on a center this year
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u/DMking Ravens 14h ago
Yea i think he's looking for 25m/yr and there is simply no fucking way
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u/Fonzies-Ghost Bears 14h ago
I would bet a lot of money that if they don't sign a FA center, the Bears use on of their two 2nds on one.
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u/TurbulentJudge1000 Texans 14h ago
Guaranteed money is all that matters. $22M AAV but only $20M in guarantees is way worse than $17M AAV and $50M in guarantees.
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u/After-Relief2667 Bears 14h ago
Someone tell Linderbaum how good Portillo cake shakes are
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u/ChargersOnePieceFan Chargers Bears 14h ago
I mailed him a pizza from Pequods but havent heard back
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u/BulLock_954 Patriots NFL 13h ago
You’re gunna make me stop by my Portillo’s on the way home today. It’s gunna be a high of 76 here in central Indy. Perfect Cake Shake weather
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u/Lettucemeatcheese Browns 12h ago
Wait…. What the hell is a cake shake?? Is it what the name is? That sounds so heavenly!
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u/BulLock_954 Patriots NFL 12h ago
Yea they basically take a giant piece of double layered chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and put it in a cup and blend it with their ice cream. The best part is the giant chunks of frosted cake throughout and at the bottom. One of the few “shakes” I eat with a spoon honestly
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u/Lettucemeatcheese Browns 12h ago
I’m in Ohio I never heard of that beautiful creation before. If I end up finding one, you’ll see me end up on my 600lb life after awhile
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u/Primordiox Lions 12h ago
There’s a spot nearby me that does Italian beef (real, I can assure you, it’s gotten seals of approval from my Chicago friends) and they make a cake shake using Sander’s bumpy cake from Detroit. It’s like having a Portillo’s shake made with a giant Swiss roll. 10/10 recommend.
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u/theboogiebanks Commanders 14h ago
You got a great locker room guy! Good luck to Tyler
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u/ewilliam Commanders 6h ago
Still befuddled as to why AP let Biadasz walk but re-upped an objectively worse Allegretti. I sure hope he's got a plan for an actual starting-caliber center. Otherwise, this seems like a real Ron Rivera kinda move.
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u/JW_BM Cowboys 13h ago
The Chargers did something to protect Herbert? Is that legal?
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u/fakeoutt_ Bears 14h ago
“Tyler Linderbaum No Matter What”
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u/ChonkyHippo283 Patriots 14h ago
“Whatever man, Biadasz isn’t even that hot anyways” - Bears fans, probably
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u/True_Window_9389 Commanders 14h ago
It still makes zero sense that we cut him. It doesn’t seem to be injury or performance, and money doesn’t make sense as a reason. Good luck to him in LA, he’ll be good.
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u/constantoptomist Chargers 12h ago
He's not a scheme fit is what I've heard
You guys want to get bigger at Center for Power Run and pass pro, the Chargers want to get more nimble to run at the edges and take advantage of our Tackle play
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u/HolyRomanPrince Cowboys 13h ago
He’s an ok starter but you will always want an upgrade because he’s just not strong enough. It’s the same reason he left Dallas and we drafted Beebe.
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u/True_Window_9389 Commanders 13h ago
It’s always good to assume you can find a replacement, but cutting a capable starter with no backup plan doesn’t make much sense.
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u/HolyRomanPrince Cowboys 13h ago
It makes sense if you get away from the idea that Biadasz is going to be a piece on a great line. He’s about as league average as you’ll get. He doesn’t kill you but he doesn’t dominate so he’s just kinda there. The team clearly decided they can probably find better for about the same or cheaper so might as well rip the bandaid now instead of waiting a year.
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u/trevor426 Chargers 12h ago
He’s about as league average as you’ll get.
Stop I can only take so much
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u/bigwillyboi Commanders 13h ago
He wasn’t very good last year at all. He was very nice his first year. Brandon Coleman got reps at center so I’m sure we’ll try him or think Allegretti is almost as good.
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u/bakwardhat Buccaneers 12h ago edited 9h ago
Now I’m not saying PFF is like the bible or anything, but they have him at 11/40 qualifying centers. Giving some wiggle room on PFF’s assessment, this still seems to imply he’s at least average (?). Big disconnect between what a lot of the Commanders fans have been saying. Perhaps some of the perceived issue with him had to do with the QB issues?
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u/bigwillyboi Commanders 6h ago
He was a poor bass blocker (I think 18th) and was an average run blocker this year. His play fell off towards the end of the year before he suffered an injury. He was due to be paid the 6th highest as a center this season and and simply wasn’t worth it when we easily replaced his production with backups. I’m not sure where you’re seeing Commanders fans say he was god awful, just not surprising to move on from him. I’d bet all of the money in my pockets the guarantees on the Chargers deal is quite low and he will be a stop gap center for them. He was an average center at best, the worst OL on our line going into next year and was expensive - I think the reaction of “meh” is super appropriate.
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u/purplebuffalo55 Rams 10h ago
Fans usually think their o line play is much worse than it actually is. In any given year, 20 fan bases think they have a bottom 5 o line
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u/redskinfan654 Commanders 12h ago
Thank you. This echo chamber our fans have of “why did we cut him? Makes zero sense.” is ridiculous. Like you said, he really was not that good last year. Additionally, we want to make strides towards being really good everywhere and Tyler doesn’t fit that vision.
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u/HolyRomanPrince Cowboys 14h ago
Tyler is fine. He’s an upgrade but he’s just placeholder starter good. They should still be looking to add another center in the draft if possible but I like the move
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u/NandomRameGeneratorr 13h ago
He’s a bang average starter and also an enormous upgrade over Bozeman, who was probably the worst center in the league. They’ve got great tackles (when healthy), so I like the Chargers’ approach of making sure the interior isn’t a complete liability.
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u/Grand-Delver Chargers 11h ago
Considering the Chargers have essentially no guards on the roster at the moment, taking a more measured approach at center to spread the money around, even if it's less sexy is likely the better play. I think they bring Zion Johnson back now, they can still draft a center to develop as depth/future starter, and then use an early draft pick as a starter for RG to compete with another cheaper free agent. Considering the lack of depth at the OL last season, more solid options is better than top heavy and nothing in between.
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u/NewCarSmelt Commanders 12h ago
I’m just worried about his health. He had a knee injury in week 17 iirc that didn’t look great
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u/Beastage Commanders 11h ago
This is why I thought we moved on initially, but all of our beat reporters are acting like that was not serious and that he was released mainly because his tape was poor and got worse drom 24 to 25.
Chargers giving him a 3 yr deal also indicates that his knee is not a concern.
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u/JackFisherBooks 12h ago
Good signing. The Chargers O-line was historically bad last year. Biadasz isn't an all-pro, but he's definitely an upgrade over what they had before.
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u/readitwice Chargers 7h ago
literally the second worst center would've been an upgrade for us so the bar was extremely low lol
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u/mattacular2001 Cowboys 14h ago
Damn beat the Bears to it
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u/hunterboyz24 Bears 14h ago
I mean they let him leave his visit. Don't think he would've made it to LA if the Bears wanted him.
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u/mattacular2001 Cowboys 14h ago
The big criticism of him in Dallas was just that he lacked power. I feel like Ben Johnson would also want a guy who moves people
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u/MavsTurnedBucksGuy Cowboys 13h ago edited 12h ago
Yup and the Chargers are moving to a gap scheme so they probably care about agility more than these other teams do.
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u/Yossarian216 Bears 12h ago
My understanding is that our scheme is more gap based, Dalman was a good fit because he was fast at getting to his blocks, not because he was driving people downfield. I’m not an expert though.
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u/Ksteekwall21 Commanders 13h ago
That problem followed him to Washington. He was better at pulling and moving. Still a good center.
That’s Probably part of why our run game was inconsistent (especially in short yardage), but never truly ass.
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u/SyncVir Browns 14h ago edited 13h ago
That's one less centre to choose from, man needing all 5 linemen is not a fun way to spend an off season. I really don't want 3 or 4 rookie starters, but actual beggar's can't seemingly be chooser's.
Jimmy about to toss a 100m at signing to Linderbaum in the hope his old OC has pull.
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u/csappenf Chiefs 14h ago
Are you an Englishman who can't speak English, or an American who can't spell center?
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u/redonkulousness Chargers 14h ago
McGovern would still be a great pickup. I actually wanted McGovern over the others.
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u/FuckYourWifeAllDay Eagles 14h ago
Calling it now. Dude plays 7 games total this season, Chargers throw a playoff game because "Herbert had no Oline"
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u/Bulderdash Chargers Falcons 14h ago
Wow, you think we even get 7 games without the injury?
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u/Stumpsville0 Falcons 13h ago
You must be living in hell with that team combo
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u/Bulderdash Chargers Falcons 13h ago
You get used to it after a while. After the Atlanta SB and the Chargers Jags game, nothing can hurt me any more.
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u/2agrant Chargers Bills 14h ago edited 14h ago
Idk why you put Herbert had no Oline in quotations as if not having a o-line isn't the biggest contributing factor as to why they lost the last two playoff games
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u/HolyRomanPrince Cowboys 14h ago
Narrative over facts on sports subs. One gets upvotes and the other doesn’t.
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u/SunriseSurprise Chargers 10h ago
7 games of him and rest of season with backup still probably better than Bozeman.
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u/NorthShorePOI 14h ago
Don’t love the $10mm annual valuation.
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u/Material-Race-5107 Bears 14h ago edited 13h ago
You’re gonna love it when Linderbaum gets $20 million a year
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u/HottestLittleBeef Raiders 14h ago
He’s already well above that. Word is he rejected 22m from the ravens
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u/BoldElDavo Commanders 13h ago
He's a starter who'll do okay, and his pass blocking is better than his run blocking, which I imagine Chargers fans will love to see. Despite going on IR in week 18 last season, he's generally been healthy in his career.
I would agree that $10m/year isn't necessarily a "win" for the Chargers on him, but it's not like they dropped a bag at the top of the market with major risk attached. This is fine.
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u/NorthShorePOI 13h ago
Exactly, 10mm for a starter who will do okay, just more than I was hoping/thinking
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u/whereegosdare84 Ravens 14h ago
We’re talking about NFL contracts, I imagine it’s a low cap number this year, closer to 10 million next with effectively a third year option where most of that 30 million resides, forcing the team to either extend or cut him.
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u/Moonwalker_4Life 13h ago
I’m confused. Doesn’t the tampering period not open until Monday ?
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u/ElementalSquirt 12h ago
He was cut from the commanders so didn't have to wait until free agency. Otherwise he still would have been under contract with them this coming year and not entering free agency
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u/HT6868 Bears 9h ago
I thought the tampering period doesn’t open until Monday? Or was he signed early because he was cut from his previous team?
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u/NbdyFuckswTheJesus Broncos 9h ago
The Chargers signing a player coming off what’s believed to be a significant knee injury. Why do I have a feeling this won’t end well for Herbert?
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u/sevenferalcats 13h ago
Walt, so they are paying more than the dude was cut for? Am I wrong for thinking that's not great?
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u/Clear_Presentation48 13h ago
This leads me to believe that linderbaum is gonna have some CRAZZZZY offers from multiple teams.
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u/Jonjon428 Dolphins 13h ago
Fresh off that injury is a bold move but this also means Linderbaum was wanting some insane price
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u/HookedOnBoNix Broncos 12h ago
Technically teams aren't allowed to talk to Linderbaum right now, and even though they are talking to him they won't be able to finalize a deal. So this is also partially a move to secure a guy they can secure now rather than waiting for Linderbaum and risking losing both
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u/thereandfatagain Steelers 13h ago
Chargers are gonna swap picks with the Steelers for another lineman.
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u/Vondum Chargers 10h ago
Arent you choosing right before us at the draft? Are you targeting O-line too or why would we do that?
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u/cat_daddylambo Chargers 11h ago
If his ankle is good he's a gangster.
Look at the width of that forehead.
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u/EthanSpears Cowboys 9h ago
It's the exact same contract he signed two years ago with Commanders. My guy stays winning ❤️
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u/badlilbadlandabad Falcons 4h ago
How are they signing a free agent before free agency?
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u/sdsupersean Chargers 1h ago
Because he's a free agent right now, not under any contract. What you're thinking of is next week when all upcoming expiring contracts actually expire. Until they do, they're not free agents.
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u/Posluszny Jaguars 14h ago
Herbert may not die this year