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\n Five-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Maxx Crosby was traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for two first-round draft picks. The emotional defensive star released a 13-minute farewell video to Raiders fans and vowed to help bring a Super Bowl championship to Baltimore.\n <\/p>\n
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LAS VEGAS \u2014 Five-time Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby fought back tears while delivering an emotional goodbye message to Las Vegas Raiders supporters through a nearly 13-minute video posted Saturday, promising Baltimore Ravens fans he\u2019s coming to their city with one clear mission: capturing a Super Bowl championship.<\/p>\n
The blockbuster trade concluded Friday evening, bringing an end to Crosby\u2019s seven-year tenure with the Raiders organization, which included six seasons in Las Vegas following the team\u2019s relocation from Oakland.<\/p>\n
According to a source familiar with the transaction who requested anonymity due to league timing restrictions, Baltimore will send Las Vegas two first-round draft selections, including the 14th overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft. The trade cannot be officially announced until the league\u2019s new year begins next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI gave you all everything I got, and I have no regrets about that,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cI put everything into trying to win as a Raider. I\u2019m not trying to get emotional already, but it\u2019s tough, man. It\u2019s been a damn journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old defensive star had previously expressed his desire to spend his entire professional career in a Raiders uniform and mentioned that Las Vegas will remain his permanent residence.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since I\u2019ve been here, I\u2019ve had one goal and one mission and that\u2019s to become the best version of myself and help bring a championship back to the Raider organization,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cI feel like I left everything I had on the table for this team. I\u2019ve given my heart and soul, and I feel like I let you all down. Ever since Day One, I\u2019ve wanted to create and build a winner with the Raiders.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the 2024 season, Crosby recorded 10 quarterback sacks and established a personal best with 28 tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Throughout his career, he has achieved double-digit sack totals in four different seasons despite battling through multiple injuries.<\/p>\n
This consistent performance level convinced Baltimore\u2019s front office to pursue a trade once Las Vegas indicated its willingness to consider offers for their star defender.<\/p>\n
Both franchises will enter the upcoming season under new defensive leadership with Jesse Minter as their coach. However, while the Raiders are embarking on a comprehensive roster overhaul, the Ravens are positioned for immediate championship contention with three-time All-Pro quarterback Lamar Jackson leading their offense.<\/p>\n
Baltimore\u2019s defense struggled significantly in generating pass rush pressure last season, finishing tied for 28th league-wide with just 30 total sacks, creating an urgent need that Crosby should help address.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going there with one purpose, and that\u2019s to help this team get to where it ultimately needs to be and where everybody wants to go, and that\u2019s winning the Super Bowl,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cI know it\u2019s going to be very difficult. I know there\u2019s no guarantees in this, but I\u2019m going to give everything in my heart and soul to bring a championship to Baltimore.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Crosby had consistently voiced his loyalty to the Raiders organization, his growing frustration with the team\u2019s on-field struggles became increasingly apparent, particularly during a turbulent conclusion to last season. His disappointment reached a breaking point when the organization placed him on injured reserve for the final two games due to a knee injury, prompting the pride-driven player who rarely leaves the field to walk out of the team facility.<\/p>\n
Despite these tensions, Crosby emphasized in his farewell message that he harbors no resentment toward the organization or its leadership, including general manager John Spytek.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bleed silver and black,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cThat\u2019ll never change, and I\u2019m a Raider for life. I truly want to finish, when it\u2019s all said and done, in a Raiders jersey whenever that time comes. But for the time being, it\u2019s a new day. I\u2019m going to Baltimore. Flock Nation, everybody in the whole city of Baltimore, I\u2019ve got a lot to learn. Everything is going to be new to me, and I\u2019m excited in attacking this head on like I do everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Maxx Crosby was traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the Baltimore Ravens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[108477,108478,108471,108479,108473,108474,108472,7,108475,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,108476],"class_list":{"0":"post-799676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-fine-day","11":"tag-fine-day-102-3","12":"tag-fine-day-fm","13":"tag-fine-day-media","14":"tag-fine-day-radio","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-have-a-fine-day","17":"tag-las-vegas","18":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","19":"tag-lasvegas","20":"tag-lasvegasraiders","21":"tag-nfl","22":"tag-raiders","23":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116191605836764911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799676","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=799676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}