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I have a feeling that’s essentially exactly what this is lol

I’d expect him to be better than last year even…he was still workin his way back from a serious injury last season. Feels like most guys have a down year after recovering from a major knee injury

I think it’s pure speculation by the nfl talking heads and they haven’t heard anything tbh To be fair though for conversations sake I don’t think the other teams in the Hendrickson ‘sweepstakes’ were gonna overpay for a dude turning 32 midseason next year that hasn’t seen the field much lately then the ravens swooped in with a good deal (for him). So the bills potentially were never willing to spend mid 30m per year on an edge rusher even if they had the highest bid for Hendrickson

Brees had multiple major shoulder surgeries before that physical though to be fair. His shoulder injury was like freakishly bad. If Crosby had an acl tear 8 months ago I wouldn’t be shocked at all he’d fail a physical but meniscus repair leading to a failed physical after a probably lopsided trade then immediately signing Hendrickson for less than he was looking for is a bit eyebrow raising to say the least lol they pretty much had to rebuild Brees’ throwing shoulder from scratch it’s on a whole other level compared to Crosby. Brees had a really bizarre dislocation that tore everything in his shoulder 😂. It was one of those ‘is this guy even gonna play again’ type things

Torn meniscus with no other ligament damage is extremely minor by nfl injury requiring surgery standards goes. Guys all around the league are getting procedures around that level in the offseason. It’s risky leaving it untreated though because the destabilization could lead to you tearing something else which is why the raiders shut him down. If the ravens canceled the deal because he didn’t get the full repair then that would make some sense to me but it’s the opposite somehow 😂

They forced him to get an extremely minor knee procedure lol. I think that’s the part you’re missing. he very likely could’ve played through it with no surgery at all but the raiders wanted to preserve his trade value and he got the lowest risk/best for his long term health procedure which has a very good prognosis and short recovery time and the ravens failed him anyway. It’s a joke. I assumed the knee injury was something more serious but to do this over a meniscus repair is laughable. Nothing can really be done at an nfl level punishment wise but it’s absolutely embarrassing for them if Crosby DIDNT get the meniscus surgery or got the ‘just patch me up so I can play’ meniscus surgery then maybe I can see it but Crosby/the raiders literally did everything right lol ravens have absolutely no leg to stand on

Literally didn’t know it was just a meniscus repair when this convo all started…ravens are way more sketchy than I even thought haha I feel like pretty much everybody has a procedure of that level in the offseason 😂 what a joke

You can investigate his knee yourself too keep in mind…I’d be shocked if the ravens didn’t exaggerate the state of his knee tbh not sure if the raiders are just gonna bite the bullet and keep him but a meniscus repair isn’t super serious and if he’s on track and you can get him for a 1st or second whatever team that is is likely gonna be very happy Crosby did what he was supposed to and got the full meniscus repair in January which is only like a three month recovery. Not sure why it’s getting treated like he blew out all his knee ligaments and may never walk again 😂 ravens are full of it although I’m not sure if they had the Hendrickson deal lined up already that part is speculation…they mighta just regretted unloading the two firsts It’s a minor knee injury that he could’ve just got a simple procedure to play through if he was worried about playoff availability or anything like that.

I mean I agree there’s nothing the league can do but that article you shared proves the ravens are sketchy if anything lol they knew Crosby was rehabbing a knee injury when they agreed to trade for him in the first place and if he was actually on track then I’m not sure the ravens ‘should’ be able to back out (though there really isn’t a rule that could stop them in this weird tampering period)

Hendricksons price likely came down somewhat significantly from when the ravens originally talked to him in the free agency process. Ravens probably expected a bidding war for him so they didn’t have much of a problem avoiding that and shipping two firsts for Maxx Crosby but then the interest just wasn’t there from many other teams (ironically because he’s over 30 and has trouble staying on the field 😂)

Oh he is but he came at a massive asset discount compared to Crosby. Ravens likely thought Hendrickson would get the 35 mil or whatever he was asking for so they were ok with givin up two firsts for Crosby on a similar contract who’s three years younger and ironically has less trouble getting on the field 😂 but then the price for Hendrickson came down a bit and they got buyers remorse. Failing a physical for Crosby who you literally have to fight to get him to miss time with an injury to sign Hendrickson is honestly kinda hilarious haha the ravens didn’t even try to hide their thought process.

Raiders went on a spending spree assuming they unloaded Crosby and probably had more moves planned that they now have to scrap until they dump him.. even if they think he’s worth two firsts they’re in a way worse negotiating position than before since ‘ok we’ll just keep him if we don’t get the deal we want’ isn’t as viable as before Also a lot of teams needing edge rushers filled the need already or made other moves that tied up cap space assuming Crosby wasn’t an option so there’s less demand

Maybe officially by the rules there’s nothing that can be done to punish them but I’d argue they did something very wrong and hope agents/gms stop working with them going forward pretty clear buyers remorse situation…Hendricksons price fell in free agency because there was less interest than the ravens expected making that the better option after already agreeing to trade for Crosby really bad look…the raiders benched him to keep him healthy last year so they could do something like this which really pissed him off haha his knee is very likely right on recovery schedule and the ravens could’ve gotten whatever medical info they wanted up front

This is gonna be the overpay of the year imo

Was he playing more outside corner two years ago? Could be they found a role he excels at and the bills plan on using him the same way