Tom Brady, Baltimore Ravens, Maxx Crosby
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Tom Brady #12 of the Founders FFC warms up during the Fanatics Flag Football Classic at BMO Stadium on March 21, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images for OBB Media - FANATICS STUDIOS)
The Baltimore Ravens and Las Vegas Raiders agreed to a blockbuster Maxx Crosby trade early on in the 2026 NFL offseason.
In that trade, the Ravens would have acquired Crosby in exchange for two first-round picks. However, the trade never became official and Baltimore decided to back out of the deal.
After the decision by the Ravens to back out, they faced a lot of backlash. They pivoted quickly to signing star free agent pass rusher Trey Hendrickson. With that decision being made, Baltimore landed a pass rushing upgrade and kept its two draft picks.
Tom Brady, a minority owner for the Raiders, played in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic on Saturday. He was asked after the game about the Crosby situation.
While reports were hoping to get some detail from Brady on the trade, he decided to pass on answering.
Tom Brady Dodges Question About the Ravens-Raiders Maxx Crosby Trade
Here is the question that Brady was asked by one of the media members:
“Question about your NFL job. . . . [G.M. John] Spytek has talked about you being more involved in football this year. How will your role be different? And did you have any reaction to the Maxx Crosby trade that didn’t happen?”
Brady chose to only answer the first part of the question, completely ignoring the second part about the failed Crosby trade.
“You know, I love being involved in the NFL,” Brady said. “Like I said, I love football. I love sports. You know, I was very fortunate in my career to be around amazing people and mentors like Robert Kraft, as an owner of a team, and now getting to work with Mark Davis in the role that I’m at, and to see kind of a different team shape, the way that things are done and how we’re evolving and growing, and, you know, we certainly have a long ways to go. And, you know, it’s — what I learned about football in 23 seasons is, it’s a tremendous amount of resilience, adversity, discipline, determination, communication, of an entire organization to see, really the value in committing to one another. So, you know, it’s always, I think, process over outcomes, and I think we’re all trying — and all of us in our own role that we have, and the role that we have, and whether it’s an ownership role or a personnel department or strength and conditioning and athletic training and obviously players and positions and offense, defense — everyone’s got to come together. Everyone has to work incredibly hard for the people next to them.”
What’s Next for Both Teams
As previously mentioned, the Ravens have already moved on with Hendrickson. They will also have their first-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft to add more talent to the roster.
On the other side of the failed trade, the Raiders seem to be moving forward with Crosby. It doesn’t sound like the team will make another trade involving their superstar pass rusher.
Las Vegas may not have been happy with the Baltimore Ravens for backing out of the trade, but the Raiders didn’t really want to trade Crosby. With how things went down, the star defensive end seems to be bought back in with the Las Vegas.
Perhaps someday Brady will spoke out with his thoughts on the Crosby trade. For now, he has decided not to comment on the situation.