OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens picked up the fifth-year option on star safety Kyle Hamilton’s contract but declined to pick up center Tyler Linderbaum’s on Wednesday. The move keeps Hamilton, an All-Pro in 2023, under team control for two more seasons. He and Linderbaum were both drafted in the first round in 2022.

Hamilton, 24, is already one of the best safeties in football. In the coming months, he’ll likely become the highest-paid safety, too. He’s a two-time All-Pro and one of the vocal leaders of the team.

Former All-Pro NFL wide receiver and Carolina Panthers franchise great Steve Smith has been sued by the husband of a member of the Baltimore Ravens marching band who has accused him of engaging in a months-long affair with his wife,