Maxx Crosby breaks down after learning of Pro Bowl nod

CLEVELAND — Raiders’ antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby made it a extremity to beryllium named to the NFL Pro Bowl. It wasn’t needfully astir the idiosyncratic accomplishment arsenic it was the designation it would signify for each the enactment helium has enactment successful connected his crippled and his self.

So the 24-year-old third-year pro retired of Eastern Michigan was understandably affectional upon learning helium was 1 of 3 Raiders voted to the roster this play aft the team’s 16-14 triumph implicit the Browns.

“I was successful rehab astir 2 years ago,” helium said, warring backmost tears. “Now I’m successful the Pro Bowl. It’s conscionable a blessing. I amusement up and effort to beryllium the champion teammate each time and amusement my guys I care. That (news) conscionable deed home, man. It was special. It makes my household proud, my girl. Everyone astir maine is blowing up my phone, and I’m crying similar a babe due to the fact that I conscionable cognize I worked truthful hard and it’s starting to wage off.”

Crosby joked that helium lone has 5 sacks connected the season, but his full pressures and pass-rush triumph complaint person been disconnected the charts. Pro Football Focus has him rated the second-best borderline defender successful the league down conscionable Myles Garrett of the Browns.

It has been a breakout play for the erstwhile fourth-round prime who is apt connected the verge of a monolithic payday. He made definite to admit the enactment of antiaircraft enactment manager Rod Marinelli successful his improvement arsenic a pro.

“I person to accidental thing astir him. He pushes maine each time to beryllium the champion subordinate I tin be,” Crosby said. “I privation to termination him sometimes. He wants to termination maine sometimes. He knows what I want. He wants the champion for me. I privation to beryllium the champion successful the league. He pushes maine to beryllium that feline each day.”

Crosby volition beryllium joined connected the AFC roster by teammates Denzel Perryman, a linebacker, and punter AJ Cole. The crippled is scheduled to beryllium played astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Feb. 6.

Compton loses mother

Wide receiver Zay Jones was surely delighted with the victory. But helium kept it successful its due position during his property league afterward.

“I deliberation it’s clip to admit our teammate Will Compton. What he’s going through,” Jones said. “It’s conscionable truly sobering. Life is mode bigger than football.”

Compton announced Monday day via Twitter that his parent died unexpectedly precocious Sunday night. He near the squad successful Cleveland to beryllium with his household successful St. Louis.

Interim manager Rich Bisaccia opened his property league by expressing condolences to Compton and his family.

“It was hard for him. “We talked to the squad astir it this morning,” said Bisaccia, who received a telephone Sunday nighttime from Compton erstwhile the squad was successful Cleveland.

Carr feeling fine

Quarterback Derek Carr grabbed astatine his little close limb and stayed down connected the tract for an extended play of clip aft his fumble successful the 3rd quarter.

He was yet capable to locomotion disconnected the tract nether his ain powerfulness aft being attended to by the grooming unit and didn’t miss an violative play owed to the injury.

Carr said for astir a infinitesimal helium feared helium had suffered a superior ankle wounded to the aforesaid country of the limb helium broke successful 2016.

“Honestly, I deliberation it’s scar insubstantial that keeps breaking,” helium said. “I perceive these pops and unreserved of pain, and I’m like, ‘Not again.’ I retrieve that feeling. It wears disconnected and I’m like, ‘Thank goodness.’ Because erstwhile I broke it, it didn’t truly deterioration off. … I’m OK, but erstwhile it archetypal happens, for the archetypal mates minutes, I’m similar ‘I don’t know. I don’t know.’ I conscionable prayed and thankfully it wasn’t thing serious.”

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