Maxx Crosby was already in Baltimore. Then everything blew up.
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The Las Vegas Raiders star revealed on his podcast The Rush that he went from thinking he was a Raven to flying back to Las Vegas in a matter of hours after a chaotic, last-minute collapse of a blockbuster trade.
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And yeah, he's still trying to process it.
"It was one of the most crazy, wild roller coasters I've ever been a part of," Crosby said.
Crosby flew to D.C., drove to Baltimore, and even showed up at the Ravens facility for his physical. This wasn't rumors. This was real.
At least it felt that way. Then things started getting weird.
He said he didn't see GM Eric DeCosta at all and only met head coach Jesse Minter after the physical. When they did meet, Crosby immediately noticed something was off.
"The energy was off," he said. "Blank face."
That's when the news hit. Ravens doctors had concerns about his knee — not in the present, but in the future.
That's when everything flipped. Crosby went back to his hotel and called his agent and surgeon, who quickly told him not to panic and that his recovery was actually ahead of schedule.
Still, the uncertainty lingered. Then came the call: The Ravens were out.
"I'm frozen," Crosby said. "I'm livid, confused, everything."
Within hours, he was on a flight back to Vegas. And just like that, the deal was dead.
If anything, the whole situation made one thing clear to Crosby.
"I'm meant to be a Raider," he said.
After that roller coaster, he's not going anywhere.
