The Ravens pulling out of their trade with the Raiders to acquire Maxx Crosby shocked the NFL world.
It even shocked Crosby.
“I’ve gone through some (expletive) in my life, I can’t lie,” the star defensive end said on “The Rush” podcast. “But that whole situation was probably one of the most unique, crazy, wild, up-and-down roller coasters I’ve ever been a part of.”
Crosby revealed the Ravens flew him to Washington D.C. in first class due to the lack of direct flights to Baltimore. He then drove two hours after a five-hour flight.
Once he got the facility and the meetings began, he noticed Ravens coach Jesse Minter and general manager Eric DeCosta weren’t present for the first five hours.
When he finally met with the Ravens brass, Crosby could feel something wasn’t right.
“You could just tell the energy was off,” Crosby said. “I dapped him up, he had a blank face. And I’m like, ‘OK.’ I’m not thinking anything of it. Maybe he’s just different. I don’t know him. Whatever.
“I go into the room, they sit me down on the couch and he’s like, ‘Man, I don’t know how to say this, but one of our doctors has concerns with the results, with your knee. Some of them are concerned about the future,” he continued. “We really want you and this is what it is, but we’re going to have to get more and more opinions.’”
Crosby was caught off guard by the news and began to worry about state of his surgically repaired knee. He talked to Dr. Neal ElAttrache who performed the meniscus surgery in January and reassured Crosby everything was fine.
In fact, ElAttrache said Crosby might even be ahead of schedule in his rehab.
Crosby’s agent, CJ LaBoy, broke the news to Crosby that the Ravens were backing out of the trade.
“I’m frozen, I’m like, ‘Holy (expletive), what the (expletive),’” Crosby said. “I’m livid, confused.”
Despite the fallout, Crosby is excited to continue his career with the Raiders.
“I wasn’t supposed to be in Baltimore and that’s it,” he said. “You know what I mean? I’m meant to be a Raider. It’s through my damn core. That’s it.
“I’m in this (expletive) for life. Until that changes, which I don’t foresee,” Crosby continued. “Honestly, you never know in this damn league. I found that out for sure. I just feel like I’m meant to be a Raider.”