Teams push players for physicals all the time. Don't get it twisted, this was the Ravens seeing a depleted roster and realizing they needed those 1st round picks.
#NFL TRADE
#Ravens Acquire
ED Maxx Crosby
2026: $30.7M (gtd)
2027: $29.7M*
2028: $27.2M
2029: $28.2M
#Raiders Acquire
2026 1st-Rd Pick (#14)
2027 1st Rd Pick
Crosby's 2027 salary becomes fully guaranteed on March 13th.
The Raiders take on $5.1M of dead cap per this trade, & now hold a league-leading $119M of cap space.
Max Crosby is not like that man. Heโll get you some pressures and obviously will get sacks. But Iโve seen him disappear and do nothing too many times in this division for him to be gassed up as a top tier edge guy lol