The Las Vegas Raiders are into their third week of training camp, and today defensive end Maxx Crosby spoke at joint practice, and we have his entire comments for you.
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00:03 Hey, Max.
00:03 I saw you talking to big Rob Havenstein over there,
00:07 underrated tackle in this league.
00:09 But when you get a chance to work
00:10 against other players like that and then
00:12 be able to talk to them afterward, how valuable is that?
00:15 I love it.
00:16 Me and Rob, we went against each other in camp two years ago.
00:18 We played against each other last year in the season.
00:21 So yeah, we're constantly just talking.
00:23 And he's asking me questions.
00:24 I'm asking him questions just about the little things,
00:27 the little details.
00:29 He's asking me, what am I seeing?
00:31 How am I keying the ball?
00:32 Am I keying this heel?
00:33 Am I keying the little things?
00:34 And we just go back and forth.
00:35 So any time we could have those conversations,
00:37 like last week with Trent Williams, it's the same thing.
00:39 We're just trying to improve.
00:39 And that's what I try to do every day.
00:41 You guys started a little bit slow.
00:42 Your teammates talked about it.
00:44 And then you got a little bit vocal about picking up
00:46 the pace, and they responded.
00:49 How happy were you to see the way they responded
00:51 and the way this team finished?
00:52 Yeah, every single day, you got an opportunity to get better.
00:56 There's no staying the same.
00:58 So you get better, you get worse.
00:59 So for me, I try to bring that juice.
01:02 I not try.
01:02 I bring that juice every single day.
01:04 And I want my teammates to feel that.
01:06 And if I got to go out there and take matters in my own hands,
01:11 I could do it in a different way.
01:13 So that's what I try to do.
01:15 No matter what, I try to be the light,
01:17 try to be the example in every single way I can.
01:18 A couple times, I watched you grab the rook
01:20 and talk to Tyria just a little bit.
01:22 But I'm just curious, are you finding him to be teachable?
01:25 He sure seems to keep his eyes on you.
01:27 No doubt, no doubt.
01:28 This is his first day out there with us.
01:30 So he wasn't able to go on team and things like that.
01:32 But you see him asking a ton of questions and getting better.
01:35 So it's awesome to see him out there with us.
01:37 Imagine when to pick up the energy a little bit more.
01:40 Is that kind of chasing at the ball a little bit
01:42 when you got into a cam?
01:43 Was that just kind of trying to get the energy up?
01:46 I was just doing what I do.
01:47 And he didn't like that.
01:48 So he got what he got.
01:49 This is what it is.
01:51 Max, talking to some guys, they weren't happy
01:53 with today's performance overall.
01:55 In the whole scheme of things, is that a good thing?
01:57 Is it positive to you that they understood
01:59 that the standard wasn't the standard today
02:00 and that they need to do better?
02:02 Yeah, no question.
02:02 The standard is you show up and get better.
02:05 So yeah, I don't know.
02:06 For me, as a leader, it's unacceptable.
02:09 You see guys not being at their best.
02:11 But there's an opportunity tomorrow to get better.
02:13 So I'm looking forward to everybody getting out there
02:16 and getting better.
02:16 I don't know if it's possible for you
02:18 to get up more than you typically do in practice.
02:20 But do you get up more for these joint practices like this?
02:23 I try to be--
02:23 I'm the same guy every single day.
02:26 Every time I come in here, I come to get better.
02:28 So yeah, some days you're going to feel [AUDIO OUT]
02:30 Some days you're going to feel great.
02:31 It is what it is.
02:32 You've got to get better and find ways to improve.
02:34 Those are the days you get better when you don't
02:35 feel like you want to go.
02:36 When you don't feel-- when you're
02:37 feeling bad for yourself, that's when you really
02:39 got to go to that dark place.
02:40 So for me, no matter what it is, I'm
02:43 trying to get to that place no matter what
02:46 and just bring my teammates with me.
02:47 At the end of the team sessions there, I saw you.
02:49 And you come out to the field and speak
02:51 with Josh McDaniels.
02:53 And can you share any of what you and him talked about?
02:55 No, we talk about a lot of things.
02:57 But I love Coach.
02:59 We have a lot of great conversations.
03:02 That was good.
03:03 Thank you, guys.
03:03 Thank you so much.