The Baltimore Ravens are currently panicking over a self-inflicted disaster at center, and the New York Giants are in the perfect position to take advantage of it.
After somehow allowing three-time Pro Bowl center Tyler Linderbaum to shatter the financial Richter scale with a market-resetting three-year, $81 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders, the Ravens exited the draft without a single viable solution to protect superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson.
According to an article by Logan Ulrich of NFL Trade Rumors, DeCosta openly admitted that Baltimore's current center situation is a total mess and that the front office will aggressively scour the trade market before the season kicks off.
The desperation in Baltimore is thick enough to cut with a knife. DeCosta’s backup plan consists of moving players out of position or relying on undrafted free agent Nick Dawkins, which is a dangerous game when you have a multi-time MVP quarterback who needs a Super Bowl like fish need gills. With the Ravens panicking to fix their biggest roster flaw, a struggling New York starter might just be the accidental savior Flock Nation is looking for.
Might I interest you in 2023 second-round pick John Michael Schmitz?
Eric DeCosta's brutal screw-up could be Joe Schoen’s goldmine
Let’s call a spade a spade: Michael Schmitz has been largely underwhelming since the G-Men drafted him 57th overall back in 2023. He finished the 2025 campaign with an uninspiring 60.5 overall Pro Football Focus grade, ranking a disappointing 29th out of 40 qualified NFL centers.
He simply hasn't developed into the dominant anchor Big Blue envisioned when they took the 6-foot-4, 320-pound lineman out of Minnesota. If Big Blue decides to ship him out, they have some low-cost fallback options. They could easily re-sign veteran guard Greg Van Roten, who's started the last 34 games at right guard for New York and possesses sneaky center versatility.
Or they could look elsewhere.
Of course, the Ravens could just browse the bargain bin of remaining free-agent centers themselves. Players like former Dolphin James Daniels (who carries a heavy injury history), former Lion Graham Glasgow, and former Brown Ethan Pocic are all sitting on the open market this late in the offseason... for a reason.
NFL front offices are notoriously arrogant... Giants fans know that better than most. The Ravens' brain trust could easily convince themselves that the chaotic Giants organization simply failed JMS more than he failed them -- and we wouldn't really be able to argue otherwise.
By betting on his second-round pedigree and past college dominance for the Gophers, Baltimore might gladly part with some Day 3 draft capital for a young starter rather than taking a flyer on an aging, flawed free agent. If DeCosta calls, Joe Schoen should pack the 27-year-old's bags immediately.
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