Baltimore Ravens first-round pick center Tyler Linderbaum will be out the next few weeks. There’s good news on that front, though.
Initially, it was reported as a reoccurrence of the Lisfranc injury he suffered in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl clash with Kentucky by NFL insider Ian Rapoport and others.
Linderbaum previously hurt his foot in his final game at Iowa, the Hawkeyes’ Vrbo Citrus Bowl clash with Kentucky. As a result of the injury, Linderbaum missed a critical fourth-quarter drive against the Wildcats in Iowa’s 20-17 bowl loss.
“That’s probably the worst part about it, I wasn’t out there for those three most important snaps … in the game. And that’s the game of football. Injuries happen. Luckily, it wasn’t as severe,” Linderbaum told Hawk Central‘s Chad Leistikow about the injury back in April.
There was some serious concern if it was a lingering Lisfranc injury now with the Ravens in training camp. Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh refuted those claims that it was a reoccurrence of his Lisfranc injury.
“That’s not true. It’s not a Lisfranc sprain. There’s a ligament; it’s not that ligament. It’s a different ligament. So, he’s had the Lisfranc before. There’s no separation, there’s no Lisfranc sprain per se. That’s my understanding. I’m not a doctor, but I play one in press conferences, as you know. But that’s what I was told,” Harbaugh said.
Harbaugh said last week that it was a one to two-week timeline for return for Linderbaum. Nothing has changed in that regard, but Harbaugh said it’s not the injury that others have reported.
“He just has a soft tissue type of a deal, a ligament type of a deal in his foot that is not a serious thing. But, we want it to be right and healed, so it’s going to take a little bit of time. But it’s not a Lisfranc,” Harbaugh said.
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