Maxx Crosby describes roller coaster of emotions during tenuous Ravens ordeal, including 'off' meeting

Maxx Crosby was acceptable successful chromatic to beryllium the adjacent Baltimore Ravens star, but instead, it appears helium volition beryllium backmost with the Las Vegas Raiders for an eighth season.

After the Ravens committed to sending 2 first-round picks for Crosby, the squad backed retired of the woody owed to concerns with his medicals — Crosby precocious had meniscus country and missed the last 2 games of the season.

In what Crosby called "one of the astir unique, crazy, wild, up-and-down rollercoasters I’ve ever been a portion of," it started with tons of emotions with his wife, cause and different friends arsenic helium celebrated six months of sobriety conscionable arsenic the rumors started to vigor up.

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Las Vegas Raiders antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby reacts aft the Chicago Bears jumped the drawback successful the 3rd 4th astatine Soldier Field. (Jamie Sabau/USA TODAY Sports)

But things started disconnected oddly erstwhile aft the commercialized was made, helium flew to Washington, D.C., and past drove 2 hours to Baltimore.

"That s--- was weak," Crosby said connected his podcast, "The Rush."

Crosby past said helium didn't spot either wide manager Eric DeCosta oregon caput manager Jesse Minter for "five hours," which struck him arsenic odd. Then, erstwhile helium got to conscionable Minter, helium knew thing was up.

"I dap him up, and you tin conscionable archer the vigor was disconnected … He had a blank face," Crosby said. "Not reasoning thing of it, possibly he's different. I don’t cognize him.

Las Vegas Raiders antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby (98) looks connected from the sideline during the archetypal 4th against the Chicago Bears astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected Sept. 28, 2025. (Kiyoshi Mio/Imagn Images)

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"I spell into the room, they beryllium maine down connected the sofa and go, ‘I don’t cognize however to accidental this. One of our doctors has concerns with the results, with your knee. Some of them are acrophobic astir the future. We truly privation you. We’re conscionable gonna person to get much and much opinions.’"

That gathering with Minter near Crosby "freaking out," and helium got a telephone saying that the Ravens were backing out, which near him "f---ing livid" and connected a backstage pitchy backmost to Las Vegas.

"It was crazy, bro. It was truthful overmuch going on," Crosby said.

However, it did not halt Crosby from waking up earlier 5 a.m. the adjacent greeting to get a workout successful astatine the Raiders facility.

The Ravens rapidly pivoted aft the Crosby woody fell through, signing erstwhile Cincinnati Bengals prima Trey Hendrickson to a four-year, $112 cardinal declaration with $60 cardinal guaranteed.

"Everything happens for a reason. Believe thing you perceive & fractional of what you see. I’m a Raider. I’m back. Run that s---," Crosby posted to X soon aft the commercialized was canceled.

Last season, successful 15 games, Crosby recorded 73 tackles, 10 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. His sack numbers are peculiarly awesome due to the fact that the squad was losing truthful often that Crosby wasn’t afforded the aforesaid fig of opportunities to unreserved the backmost compared to defenders connected amended teams.

Las Vegas Raiders antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby (98) stands connected the tract aft a nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected Dec. 14, 2025. (Eric Hartline/Imagn Images)

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Crosby made his 5th vocation Pro Bowl past season.

Fox News' Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.

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