Mike Sando

Oh, it's great to be here.

Thanks so much to talk about that.

Crosby stuff's great.

We talked to a lot of people in the league and I just thought the most compelling, most likely scenario was that

Max Crosby was basically a fallback for them if they couldn't get Trey Hendrickson.

So when you think about free agency, it's more fluid than a trade situation.

You can agree to a trade and lock that in as almost a placeholder, and then you don't really know what's going to happen with Trey Hendrickson in free agency.

Does he have a deal in his pocket?

Is he going to go somewhere else?

But it looks to me like once they realize they can get Trey Hendrickson,

They didn't want to take the risk associated with Max Krause, which there is a real medical risk.

I mean, the guy's had seven, eight surgeries, but everybody knew that.

And subsequently...

After this article published, I talked to team doctor types, and one of them said something I thought pretty compelling, which was anyone who is two months into a six-month rehab is going to fail a physical.

And so Max Crosby had a surgery.

It's not like he's having his leg amputated.

He had a surgery.

He's got a timetable.

He's obviously not going to probably pass a physical right now, because to pass a physical right now, it means you're cleared to play.

You could play a game tomorrow.