Maxx Crosby Shares Proven Strategy: Ravens Must Overcome NFL's Tough Stacks

Maxx Crosby is back with the Las Vegas Raiders after a week we can politely call “eventful. ” He finally provided his own account of the sequence on Tuesday. Speaking on his “The Rush” podcast days a week after the Baltimore Ravens nixed his trade , Crosby went through the experience of nearly joining the AFC North contenders only to be told their doctors were concerned about the results of his physical.

He did not hide the mark the journey left on him: “I’ve gone through some s*** in my life, I can’t lie, but that whole situation was probably one of the most unique, crazy, wild, up-and-down roller coaster I’ve ever been a part of. ” The process began with Crosby traveling from Las Vegas to Baltimore with his family to join his new team. However, he had some issues with the accommodations on the way there: “They flew me to DC, because there wasn’t many flights — we flew first class — they flew me to DC because it was the only straight-through and we had to drive two hours from DC all the way to Baltimore after the five-hour flight, bro.

That s*** was weak. ” These meetings usually consist of a meet-and-greet with the team’s brass and a physical to confirm nothing is wrong with the player, then the official signing of contracts. Where it got weird, however, is that neither Ravens head coach Jesse Minter nor Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta met with Crosby for the first five hours of the meeting.

Once Crosby did step in the room with Minter, with DeCosta in the next room, he sensed something was wrong. Minter then gave him the bad news: “You could just tell the energy was off. I dapped him up, he had a blank face.