Less than 24 hours after the Baltimore Ravens pulled out of their agreement to trade two first-round picks to the Las Vegas Raiders for star pass rusher Maxx Crosby, a somber Eric DeCosta spoke to reporters. The Ravens general manager said during this press conference that he was “gutted” by the fact that his organization had to blow up the deal.
“We were really excited about adding Maxx, potentially adding Maxx to our team,” DeCosta said, via Pro Football Talk. “I had already begun discussions with John Spytek, those discussions continued, we were really thinking that we were getting some traction. We did. As part of the normal trade process, there were a lot of different parts with the trade process, we’ve done a lot of trades. One of the key things is you bring a player in and try to get as much information as you can. We were not able to complete the process of trading for the player, based on our assessment of the situation.”
During Crosby’s in-person physical with the Ravens on Tuesday, they discovered something that made them uncomfortable with their original agreement. Crosby underwent surgery on the meniscus in his left knee back in January, and he is still recovering from that procedure. However, in projecting what his recovery could look like, Baltimore’s medical staff apparently ran into trouble.
This quick heel turn, followed by the Ravens’ decision to sign former Cincinnati Bengals pass rusher Trey Hendrickson to a four-year, $112 million deal Wednesday morning, led the NFL world — fans and reporters alike — to speculate that the Ravens had buyer’s remorse on the blockbuster deal, and got cold feet in the eleventh hour. With Hendrickson still available two days into free agency, and him not costing two first-round picks to sign, was that all of a sudden the more intriguing option?
“This is very much bullshit on Baltimore’s part,” one general manager told NFL…
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