“I Lost My Uncle This Year”: Maxx Crosby Revisits Personal Battles After Clearing the Air on Ravens Rumors
Dec 14, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (98) runs onto the field before the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images For all the free agency signings and trades that flooded this year’s offseason, one of the biggest headlines to come out of the NFL’s 2026 legal tampering window was, ironically enough, a trade that wasn’t even finalized. After agreeing to send over a pair of first-round draft picks to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for the franchise’s premier pass rusher, Maxx Crosby, the Baltimore Ravens reneged on the deal, citing concerns over a failed physical.
Unfortunately for Crosby, however, the entire kerfuffle caused by the Ravens pales in comparison to the setback that he faced in his personal life. During the most recent episode of his self-titled podcast, the five-time Pro Bowler revealed that recent deaths in the family have made things incredibly hard for him, so much so that he doesn’t really care about the unwarranted backlash that he’s receiving from Ravens fans. “ You have to realize that life is all about perspective ,” Crosby insisted.
“ I’ve been through a lot of sh t, bro. I lost my uncle this year. I lost my grandpa this year.
I lost a lot of stuff. That’s real adversity. ”* The Raiders star went on to talk about how to let go of such adversities.
“ You know what I mean? They don’t have the chance to have another day. I’m not going to hold back.