Mike Sando doesn't think the Maxx Crosby trade saga is over (Hour 2)
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Why are the Bears well-positioned to trade for Maxx Crosby?
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What insights does Mike Sando provide about the Maxx Crosby trade fiasco?
I'm not thinking anything of it. Maybe he's just different. I don't know. I don't know him. Whatever. I go into the room. They sit me down on the couch, and he's like, man, I don't know how to say this, but one of our doctors has concerns with... You know, with the results and whatever, like with your knee, like some of them have, you know, are concerned about the future and da, da, da, da, da. And, you know, we really want you and this is what it is. But, you know, we're just going to have to get more and more opinions.
How did the Ravens' motivations affect the trade market?
Really, really inside stuff. Max Crosby on his podcast, The Rush, talking about his experience and how the trade fell through with the Baltimore Ravens. This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And we go to our hotline and also Twitch, twitch.tv slash thescorechicago. That is where we can find Mike Sando joining us. He's the NFL senior writer for The Athletic. He's a selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, officer for the Pro Football Writers of America, and he's covered every non-pandemic Super Bowl since the 1998 season. And oh, by the way, he has really good articles in The Athletic. Mike, we always enjoy having you on. Thanks for coming on.
What inspired Mark Grote's 'Bears scale' for evaluating players?
Oh, it's great to be here. Thanks so much to talk about that. Crosby stuff's great.
Well, it is, and that was the impetus of why we wanted to have you on. It was a fever pitch, the want for Max Crosby here in Chicago. Bears GM Ryan Poles actually acknowledged discussions were had, and you had the article that came out in The Athletic, the Max Crosby trade fiasco, the Ravens' motivations, and how the NFL world reacted. So what were your biggest takeaways from the work that you did on this piece?
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.
How does Jack Sanborn fit into the Bears' defensive strategy?
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.
What implications does the Crosby situation have for NFL team negotiations?
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. I think everybody knew that that's not the case with Max Crosby. So unless you went in there and found like a crescent wrench that the surgeon left in there, you know, there shouldn't be something that's that surprising about him.
And if that's the case, Mike, if they if all along it was that they realized that they could get Trey Hendrickson. So you'd call off the deal. You say he failed the physical, which he might have. you know per their doctors we know it's subjective from from team to team from what we've all learned I was interested in seeing one of the and you talked to a bunch of GMs and they agreed to do this without being named but one of them was very interesting I thought it says most believe that the unique situation would actually not have any long-term effect on teams doing business with Baltimore GM Eric DaCosta do you believe that that it won't have long-term effects I
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are the Bears well-positioned to trade for Maxx Crosby?
0:01–0:21
2
What insights does Mike Sando provide about the Maxx Crosby trade fiasco?
0:21–0:48
3
How did the Ravens' motivations affect the trade market?
0:48–1:26
4
What inspired Mark Grote's 'Bears scale' for evaluating players?
1:26–2:15
5
How does Jack Sanborn fit into the Bears' defensive strategy?
2:15–2:58
6
What implications does the Crosby situation have for NFL team negotiations?
2:58–3:59
7
How do team relationships impact trade decisions in the NFL?
3:59–4:45
8
What are the latest developments in the NFL following the Crosby saga?
4:45–44:22
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