LAS VEGAS – As irritating a day as Maxx Crosby had within the Las Vegas Raiders’ 32-13 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Raiders Professional Bowl edge rusher stated his late-game sideline shove of assistant Mike Caldwell was a “love push.”
The incident was caught by CBS cameras after Crosby’s shared sack of Justin Fields with defensive sort out John Jenkins late within the recreation.
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“I’ve my telephone blowing up as I am within the chilly tub, making an attempt to prepare for subsequent week already, and folks, you understand how they do it — they simply spin narratives,” Crosby stated with fun. “Mike Caldwell’s a terrific dude. We’ve got a terrific relationship and we try this on a regular basis. It is like folks take a look at it, ‘Oh, they’re shedding after which Maxx pushes him.'”
Caldwell, who performed 11 seasons as a linebacker within the NFL, is the Raiders’ run recreation coordinator/linebackers coach.
“That is how we play soccer — we’re grown males, we’re alpha males, we do not greet one another the identical,” Crosby added. “So he was hyping me up and I hyped him up.
“We’re down, but it surely simply confirmed we’re not quitting.”
Crosby then spent a number of seconds taking a look at cameras within the scrum at his postgame locker and stated, “I like Mike Caldwell” thrice, and “That is my man” twice extra.
“There’s actually zero…it is utterly made up out of mud,” Crosby stated. “The [CBS] digicam, they made it look unhealthy. It seemed like I used to be throwing him out of the membership, however that was not what occurred in any respect.”
Crosby laughed in regards to the incident, however neither he, nor Raiders coach Antonio Pierce had been in a joking temper in regards to the state of the crew after three turnovers and a blocked punt contributed to a loss dropping Las Vegas’ report to 2-4.
“Our report is what it [is]…it is not ok,” Pierce stated. “We’re not teaching nicely sufficient, we’re not enjoying nicely sufficient, and we’re not detailing nicely sufficient. Extra importantly, once you flip the ball over, you do not give your self an opportunity.
“It begins with self-discipline — we [only] had 4 penalties, however they had been at vital moments. The turnover factor is embarrassing. We do not respect the ball sufficient, so we do not even deserve an opportunity to place ourselves into place to win.”
The Raiders’ turnover differential for the season is an NFL-worst -10, their worst by six video games since 2006, per ESPN Analysis. The -10 turnover margin can be the worst by six video games within the NFL because the 2021 Jacksonville Jaguars.
Las Vegas has been outscored 39-14 off turnovers this season, tied for the second-worst such mark within the league.
Stated Crosby, who now has a team-leading 5.5 sacks in 5 video games: “You’ll be able to fall into the group and be like everyone else and be detrimental and unhappy. [But] I am blessed…blessed to have the ability to play this recreation. I’d play if I made $0 doing it. I like doing this s–t. I dwell it day by day, so it does not cease me.
“The surface world’s going to attempt to discover all the things to convey us down, and rightfully so after a recreation like that. It is bulls–t. We have got to seek out methods to get higher and it sucks for the followers. I would like them to see one of the best model of us and we have not been ready to do this.
“So, sadly, we misplaced, however we have now to reply. That is actually all we will do.”
