Maxx Crosby (L), Ryan Clark (R); Credit - USA TODAY Sports

The Baltimore Ravens are still receiving serious heat for backing off their Maxx Crosby trade, where they gave up two first-round draft picks. And it’s not just because they nixed a trade that seemed like it was done and dusted, but also because they did it disrespectfully. Analyst Ryan Clark recently addressed the drama, slamming the Ravens in the process. 

When the Ravens rescinded the Crosby trade, they cited a failed physical as the main issue. Specifically, they pointed to his knee, which had just had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in January. The thing is that every football fan knew about this, and it shouldn’t have stopped the Ravens from acquiring a talent like Crosby. 

Nevertheless, within 12 hours of the news that they rescinded the trade, the Ravens signed Trey Hendrickson to a four-year, $112 million deal, essentially, replacing the Crosby trade with a similar player of his caliber, while getting to keep their first-round picks. It was a slimy business move that reportedly upset a lot of GMs around the NFL. 

Regardless, the Ravens GM, Eric DeCosta, says that the trade debacle hasn’t affected business. 

“It hasn’t stopped my phone from ringing, I’ll tell you that,” DeCosta told Ravens reporters. 

It was somewhat of an arrogant response, and analyst Ryan Clark took issue with it. He said Crosby actually reached out to him recently to talk about the trade fiasco. The edge rusher told Clark he feels as though his injury and evaluation have been misrepresented. 

Crosby told Clark that he’s fine with everything now and is happy to be a Raider. But Clark thinks that DeCosta should’ve treated Crosby better for the short time he was a Raven. 

“When Maxx is in your care, he’s supposed to be taken care of in the way that he deserves and earns it. He’s supposed to get face time with the GM. Him and his family are supposed to be cared for. Like, at least, at this point, you are a Raven. And more importantly, he’s supposed to get transparency,” he said on The Pivot. 

Transparency was not what Crosby ended up receiving from the Ravens. He recorded emotional farewells to the Raiders on his social media after initially meeting with his new team. Even some of the staffers conducting the physical told him that the deal was going to happen. When he found out that the trade was nixed, he was reportedly livid. 

Clark thinks that this lack of transparency could echo throughout the Ravens locker room moving forward. 

“If the Ravens were conducting business the way the rules allow I have no problem with that. If they were dissatisfied with
Maxx Crosby’s medical that’s ok, but what’s not ok is to treat any player & their family in that manner,” he tweeted.

“If I’m sitting in that locker room, I’m knowing as a Raven, these people ain’t moving right… They will be very wary of how Eric DeCosta moves, and how Jesse Minter is moving going forward,” Clark stated.

It would make a ton of sense, and it’ll be an interesting thing to track. The Ravens are entering a new era after parting ways with John Harbaugh. Who knows how this new leadership will treat the players? 

All in all, Clark is understandably upset with the Ravens for how they handled the Crosby trade. We rarely see trades rescinded because of a failed physical, especially when they’re for players of his caliber. It seems like Baltimore got cold feet after seeing the public reaction to the trade and decided to sign Hendrickson while keeping their picks. 

DeCosta is trying to play it off as something else entirely, but everyone knew about Crosby’s knee issue before he arrived in Baltimore. Give us a break, Eric. 

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