Ravens rookie center Tyler Linderbaum out 'at least a week' with foot injury

While injuries are an inevitable part of any NFL training camp, the Baltimore Ravens are going through a particularly rough time ahead of the first full weekend of August. 

It was learned on Thursday that Ravens veteran outside linebacker Vince Biegel had suffered a torn Achilles during practice that will keep him out for all of the upcoming season and possibly threaten his career beyond the 2022 campaign because it's the second time he's torn an Achilles tendon since the summer of 2020. 

Per Nick Shook of the league's website and Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk, Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh told reporters Friday that rookie center and first-round draft pick Tyler Linderbaum will be a spectator in camp for a minimum of seven days because of a left foot injury he endured in practice. 

"Linderbaum got the MRI, got it back — it’s not a serious thing," Harbaugh explained during his comments. "It’s going to be probably at least a week, just let it settle down. Could be two weeks, we’ll see. Of course, they’ll tell me otherwise. But it’s not going to be through all of training camp unless something changes, so that’s where we’re at today." 

The Ravens selected Linderbaum 25th overall to have him immediately become their starting center. Logic suggests the 22-year-old who played his college football with the Iowa Hawkeyes will watch from the sidelines when Baltimore opens its preseason versus the Tennessee Titans next Thursday. After that contest, the Ravens will play at the Arizona Cardinals on Aug. 21.