Maxx Crosby sounds ready to put the uncertainty of his offseason behind him.
The Raiders star edge rusher said Tuesday on The Rush With Maxx Crosby that his rehab is moving in the right direction and that he feels ahead of schedule as training camp approaches. Crosby has not taken part in the offseason program, OTAs or mandatory minicamp, but his latest update points toward a return that could come sooner rather than later.
“These past few weeks have been incredible. Super productive.
Super excited,” Crosby said. “We got a big chunk of this rehab coming up that are like the final touches where I can get cut free.
So, I’m feeling amazing. Everything’s going incredible.
We’re ahead of schedule, feeling amazing, feeling great, and feeling like myself. Got my pep in my step.
Being able to do some good [expletive].”
That matters for a Raiders team that has been waiting on its best defensive player to get back on the field. Training camp opens later this month, and veterans are scheduled to report on July 28, giving Crosby roughly four weeks to reach the point where he can be “cut free,” as he described it. Based on the way he talked about the recovery, though, the possibility of an even earlier clearance is on the table.
Crosby also gave a clearer picture of what he has been working through and how the recovery plan has been handled. He said he dealt with a bone bruise and played through a torn meniscus for an entire season before the eventual surgery. Since then, he and the training staff have followed a detailed plan, and he said the process has gone exactly the way it was supposed to.
“I had the bone bruise. People know about that.
I played through a torn meniscus for a whole season,” Crosby said. “Once everything got done, and boom, this is what we’re going to do.
This is the surgery. This is how we’re going to do it.
And you know, obviously, there’s a lot of things that go into it. And there’s a master plan.
And now we’re creeping up on July. And you see me moving, and you see me boxing and doing stuff, and I’m not hesitating about nothing.
That’s the best part of it. But we just had to stick to the plan, and that’s what we’ve done the whole offseason.
Upper body-wise, really focusing on how could I tweak my nutrition a little bit so I could get a little bit more muscle and strength, but also keep my same twitch and speed. That’s the perfect formula.”
Crosby also said his strength numbers between each leg are now within “1 percent” of each other, another encouraging sign as he works through the final stages of rehab. He added that the offseason pushed him out of his comfort zone and forced him to grow as a leader, a challenge he has been open about throughout the process.
For the Raiders, the key takeaway is simple: Crosby says he feels like himself again. And if he gets back to that version of himself by camp, Las Vegas should have its centerpiece defender ready to roll.
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