{"id":798310,"date":"2026-03-07T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/798310\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T11:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:44:25","slug":"baltimore-ravens-lamar-jackson-subtly-sends-boom-to-buffalo-bills-josh-allen-following-las-vegas-raiders-maxx-crosby-trade-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/798310\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens\u2019 Lamar Jackson subtly sends \u201cboom\u201d to Buffalo Bills\u2019 Josh Allen following Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 Maxx Crosby trade | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BaltimoreBaltimore Ravens\u2019 Lamar Jackson subtly sends \u201cboom\u201d to Buffalo Bills\u2019 Josh Allen following Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 Maxx Crosby trade (Image 1 via Instagram, Image 2 and 3 via Getty: Lamar Jackson, Maxx Crosby, Josh Allen) In Jan. 2025, before the AFC Divisional Round matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and the Buffalo Bills [yes, prior to the costly Mark Andrews drop], Maxx Crosby<\/a> appeared on Good Morning Football. He was asked to choose between Lamar Jackson<\/a> and Josh Allen<\/a> as the tougher opponent to defend [translation: who\u2019s your favorite?].The Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 [now former] defensive end accepted, \u201cYou have hard-hitting questions,\u201d and chose Jackson over Allen. What surprises everyone now is that his choice has not changed one percent. He\u2019s still preferring Ravens QB over Bills QB. Proof? Crosby\u2019s recent blockbuster trade to Baltimore! Now, that was the DE\u2019s side. Let\u2019s turn over to the Baltimore QB\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Lamar Jackson shares Denzel Washington meme to express happiness over Maxx Crosby\u2019s trade to Ravens<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old quarterback, who is hungry for a playoff win that truly takes him further to the big games that matter, just got a power-packed player in the name of Maxx Crosby. This had to make him happier than he\u2019s ever been. He has Derrick Henry [RB]. He has Mark Andrews [TE]. He has Zay Flowers [WR].What he needs is a defensive end who can disrupt the opposition quarterback, so his own power rules over the gridiron! That\u2019s what he found. In Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 DE. And how does he celebrate his glee? By posting Hollywood legend Denzel Washington\u2019s meme that says, \u201cBOOM!\u201d The meme is from the 2001 thriller \/ crime movie Training Day. Jackson captioned the meme with a blush emoji. Translation: he couldn\u2019t be any happier!Now, when someone was so happy on one side, there was someone on the other side, who had to make a tough call. And that was none other than Las Vegas part-owner Tom Brady. <\/p>\n

Las Vegas owner Tom Brady trades Maxx Crosby to Baltimore for two first round picks<\/p>\n

The 2026 off season\u2019s first blockbuster trade did not happen through Dallas Cowboys\u2019 Jerry Jones, but through the Raiders\u2019 part-owner and New England Patriots legend, Tom Brady. His franchise chose to give up on their cornerstone edge rusher to acquire two first-round picks in the 2026 and 2027 NFL Drafts from the Ravens.Looks like Brady has eyes on someone else in this draft class other than his projected Indiana Hoosiers quarterback, Fernando Mendoza. If not, the Raiders may become a team to watch out for in the upcoming season. Because they already have a Super Bowl LX-winning offensive coordinator as their coach [Klint Kubiak]. The franchise wishes to recreate its roster in the near future. As for Crosby, he may become an unstoppable force with Jackson. Especially after he praised Jackson just last year.<\/p>\n

Bills QB Josh Allen was Maxx Crosby\u2019s first college career sack<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve played both [Allen and Jackson] of them,\u201d Crosby said on Good Morning Football in Jan. 2025. \u201cBoth are incredible talents. I\u2019ve played Josh [Allen]. He was my first career college sack. Yeah. I have played him quite a lot. So, I know him very well. If I\u2019m on defense, I might say I\u2019d rather go against Lamar [Jackson], with all respect.I mean, they\u2019re both incredible, but I think Josh Allen has shown over and over again, even in the losses to the [Kansas City] Chiefs in those big games in the playoffs, Josh Allen was still having career [games]; he just didn\u2019t have the ball last. Allen has got the clutch gene for sure. He\u2019s so dangerous running and throwing the ball. He can make all the throws. Also, he\u2019s as big as me, you know, out there playing quarterback. That brings whole another challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baltimore Ravens\u2019 Lamar Jackson subtly sends \u201cboom\u201d to Buffalo Bills\u2019 Josh Allen following Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 Maxx Crosby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,53,48974,3619,7,872,895,393,6563,6,25773,169,1369],"class_list":{"0":"post-798310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-denzel-washington","13":"tag-fernando-mendoza","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-josh-allen","16":"tag-lamar-jackson","17":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","18":"tag-maxx-crosby","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-nfl-trade-news","21":"tag-ravens","22":"tag-tom-brady"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116187725275170872","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}