{"id":818792,"date":"2026-03-18T08:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/818792\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:56:22","slug":"maxx-crosby-details-what-really-happened-in-ravens-trade-gone-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/818792\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxx Crosby Details What Really Happened in Ravens Trade Gone Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260317_f224b3248a7f49c9b6858c445fecdbbe\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1f4ed2d8-85cb-4254-8580-0807cb3b3622\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/f224b3248a7f49c9b6858c445fecdbbe_md.jpg\" alt=\"maxx-crosby-main-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/maxx-crosby\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxx Crosby<\/a> pulled back the curtain on one of the wildest NFL offseason twists in recent memory \u2026 and according to the Raiders superstar, things in Baltimore got real weird, real fast before the Ravens abruptly pulled the plug.<\/p>\n<p>Crosby spilled all the tea on his podcast, \u201cThe Rush with Maxx Crosby,\u201d detailing a chaotic visit to the Ravens\u2019 facility that left him confused, stressed &#8212; and eventually flying back home with no deal.<\/p>\n<p>According to Crosby, the red flags popped up immediately \u2026 starting with the fact Ravens GM Eric DeCosta was basically MIA for the five hours Crosby was at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t see him one time,\u201d Crosby said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Where\u2019s Eric at?\u2019 He just made the trade!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instead of shaking hands and celebrating his new team, Crosby says he was stuck grinding through long, drawn-out medical tests &#8212; MRIs, scans, the whole nine &#8212; focused heavily on his surgically repaired knee.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260311_52980b6525ab4bd58b3f5329ae48dc4d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1f4ed2d8-85cb-4254-8580-0807cb3b3622\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/52980b6525ab4bd58b3f5329ae48dc4d_md.jpg\" alt=\"maxx crosby otf getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>When he finally linked up with new head coach Jesse Minter, Crosby says the vibe was off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dap him up \u2026 blank face. The energy was just weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then came the gut punch \u2026 DeCosta eventually sat him down and dropped a bomb that team doctors had concerns about his knee and wanted more opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was terrified,\u201d Crosby admitted. \u201cI\u2019m thinking, \u2018What the f***? Is something wrong?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crosby thought another surgery might be on the table \u2026 which could\u2019ve wiped out his 2026 season. Desperate for answers, he called renowned surgeon Neal ElAttrache &#8212; and got a completely different story.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20240215_7a114b20bb114cc59d6c228d041c71d8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1f4ed2d8-85cb-4254-8580-0807cb3b3622\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/7a114b20bb114cc59d6c228d041c71d8_md.png\" alt=\"Jarrett Stidham (4) is sacked by Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby (\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me, \u2018Don\u2019t listen to that s***. Your knee is great.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So Crosby calmed down \u2026 thinking the deal was still alive. Just minutes after being reassured by Ravens staff that everything was fine, Crosby got a call from his agent, CJ LaBoy &#8212; with the exact opposite news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018Yo, they\u2019re backing out.\u2019 I\u2019m like, \u2018Holy s***.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260311_01f9d59532194b119a5c2b7341b7742f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1f4ed2d8-85cb-4254-8580-0807cb3b3622\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/01f9d59532194b119a5c2b7341b7742f_md.png\" alt=\"maxx crosby baltimore ravens insta\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>And just like that \u2026 the blockbuster trade that would\u2019ve sent Crosby to Baltimore for two first-round picks completely unraveled.<\/p>\n<p>Crosby says the whole thing flipped in a matter of minutes \u2026 leaving him stunned and heading straight back to Sin City &#8212; the Ravens at least sent him on a private jet.<\/p>\n<p>Crazy as it got, the 28-year-old says it only reinforced Vegas is where he belongs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maxx Crosby pulled back the curtain on one of the wildest NFL offseason twists in recent memory \u2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,88,6,9,266,4429],"class_list":{"0":"post-818792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-news","13":"tag-tmz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116249349278684324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818792","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=818792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}