{"id":528278,"date":"2026-03-17T06:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528278\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T06:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T06:25:08","slug":"nfl-network-host-shares-private-message-wants-to-know-why-maxx-crosby-called-him-a-clown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/528278\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Network Host Shares Private Message, Wants to Know Why Maxx Crosby Called Him a Clown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Raiders weren\u2019t able to swing a trade for Maxx Crosby<\/a> ahead of the new league year, and every indication is that he is prepared to play out the 2026 season in Las Vegas. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible Crosby will still be traded, but for now he is back in the Raiders\u2019 building, focused on his rehab. <\/p>\n

Crosby expects to be at full strength by the start of training camp<\/a>, and it sounds like he has been looking to media pundits for a little extra motivation in recent weeks. One of the talking heads that seems to have caught Crosby\u2019s attention is NFL Network\u2019s Kyle Brandt, who shared a short back-and-forth he had with Crosby at the end of last week. <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a whole week of Maxx Crosby, Ravens and Raiders talk, I get an Instagram DM,\u201d Brandt said on NFL Network\u2019s Good Morning Football on Monday. <\/p>\n

The DM, according to Brandt, was just the word \u201cnoted\u201d and a clown emoji. He took a screenshot of the message and shared it on the show. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m sitting there, I\u2019m actually on a flight, and I\u2019m sitting there like \u2018what is he noting?\u2019 So I just simply responded back, and my response back was just \u2018I don\u2019t know what you noted, Maxx.\u2019 It was just very simple. I wish I could tell you that Maxx replied. It does say \u201cseen\u201d so he read it,\u201d Brandt continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bring this up not to mess with Maxx, because I like Maxx, but because I genuinely want to know what was noted. And \u2018noted\u2019 is fine. That means I hear what you\u2019re saying, [but] you can\u2019t be all fast and loose about throwing out those clown emojis though. It\u2019s a little bit demeaning\u2026 so what was exactly noted?\u201d<\/p>\n

Crosby hasn\u2019t responded to Brandt (at least not publicly), but the NFL Network host did suggest last week<\/a> that the Ravens might have found something they \u201chated\u201d in Crosby\u2019s knee, adding that he respects the Ravens as an organization generally known to \u201chandle their business properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Considering the Ravens most likely flew Crosby and his family to Baltimore knowing they were wasting his time<\/a>, it\u2019s probably safe to assume the Raiders All-Pro pass rusher wasn\u2019t on board with the warm sentiment. <\/p>\n

Whether or not that\u2019s why Crosby called Brandt a clown\u2026 that remains to be seen. <\/p>\n

x: @raidersbeat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Raiders weren\u2019t able to swing a trade for Maxx Crosby ahead of the new league year, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-528278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}