By JACK BEZANTS, US DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR
Published: 09:16 EST, 8 March 2026 | Updated: 09:23 EST, 8 March 2026
Maxx Crosby got his wish on Friday night in leaving the Las Vegas Raiders and it seems that in some ways, Tom Brady got his too.
The Raiders traded away their star man to the Baltimore Ravens for two first round picks, with Crosby finally getting his move having grown impatient at another losing season in Sin City.
Brady, a minority owner at the Raiders, is overseeing the team's second offseason rebuild in as many years. And it appears that once he accepted that the defensive end Crosby was leaving, he was determined not to trade him to the New England Patriots, led by his former teammate Mike Vrabel.
According to ESPN, an insider involved in Crosby's move to the Ravens said: 'No way Tom was sending Maxx to Vrabel.'
Brady, 48, seems determined to distance himself from the team where he won six of his seven Super Bowls as a player.
Before February's showpiece event, where the Patriots were taking on the Seattle Seahawks, Brady said he didn't 'have a dog in the fight on this one' and just wanted the best team to win. It sparked outrage from Patriots players and fans alike.
The Las Vegas Raiders traded Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens on Friday night
It sounds like Raiders minority owner Brady didn't want Crosby going to the Patriots
Brady endured a tense split with the team when he left in 2020 but most of the strain was on his relationship with head coach Bill Belichick rather than the Patriots organization.
The team unveiled a statue of Brady outside their stadium in August 2025, with the legendary quarterback seemingly humbled by the gesture.
'This is quite overwhelming to me,' he said at the time. 'I feel extremely honored, deeply grateful and, if I'm being honest, kind of old.'
The 48-year-old seemed to put the Crosby loss behind him on Saturday night. He was pictured at UFC 326 in Vegas and also attended an event with LeBron James and Michael Rubin.
As for Crosby, it appears that the Dallas Cowboys were the leading contender alongside the Ravens to trade for him but didn't want to part ways with two first-round picks.
The Chicago Bears were also interested by ESPN says when it came down to it, Ben Johnson's team were not major players.
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