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Maxx Crosby is the talk of the sports world this week, as the Pro Bowl pass rusher finds himself at the center of a controversial collapsed trade between the Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens had agreed to acquire Crosby for two first round picks before reportedly backing out of the deal.
Late on Wednesday night, Maxx Crosby publicly responded to the situation for the first time by posting a GIF of the WWE wrestler The Undertaker to Twitter with the caption:
“Everything Happens For A Reason. Believe Nothing You Hear & Half Of What You See. Im A Raider. I’m Back. Run That S—.”
Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby share his first reaction to his trade to the Baltimore Ravens falling through on social media
Everything Happens For A Reason. Believe Nothing You Hear & Half Of What You See. Im A Raider. I’m Back. Run That Sh*t. 🦅🏴☠️ pic.twitter.com/8IZXiDYMio
— Maxx Crosby (@CrosbyMaxx) March 12, 2026
According to a swath of NFL reporters, the Ravens are being viewed as being responsible for the trade falling through, which would have seen Baltimore send two first-round picks (2026 and 2027) to Las Vegas in exchange for Crosby.
The story circulating around the NFL world at this time is that combination of “cold feet” over the Crosby trade plus Trey Hendrickson’s free agent market being softer them expected led to them backing out of the deal.
“The Ravens had buyer’s remorse over trading 2 first-round picks (something they’ve never done before) for Maxx Crosby plus his $65M in cap hits the next 2 years,” reported Warren Sharp on Wednesday
“They saw Trey Hendrickson’s asking price fall after he couldn’t agree to a deal in the first 2 days of legal tampering… of course Crosby wasn’t 100%, but they knew that already and realized they could pay less, give up zero draft capital and still get EDGE Trey Hendrickson…so they used the opportunity to get out using a failed physical.”
Instead of trading for Crosby, the Ravens wound up signing former Bengals Pro Bowl defensive end Trey Hendrickson to a four-year, $112 million deal.