 Alright guys, welcome back to another reaction video. My name is Jacob McDonnell. Welcome to my YouTube channel Welcome back to another reaction video. Did I just say that twice? I reckon I did. Either way We're in the 50s. Number 59 Max Crosby with two X's and With the ability to summon a spirit bomb from Radius Stadium something I saw something I really respected and something I tried to share on my YouTube channel But unfortunately YouTube had other other ideas or was that Google or was that the NFL? I don't know either way. He's coming at number 59 on the list of the top 100 players in 2022 He's a big fella. He's got blonde hair. I mean, you know, he's quite pale in complexion, but That that that that pales in comparison No pun intended to the way that he plays in the field. Let's get into it Who's writing that it's got a lot of moves if you watch somebody with a lot of mother's view for who's writing there Who can we see it? I can't see shit Max got a lot of moves if you watch somebody with a lot of mother's view for one hand Max got a lot of moves to get him right to get to the court back March 11th, 2020 was Max Crosby's first day of going sober Two years later to the day the Raiders gave him a 95 million dollar extension. Oh, yeah Oh shit, I thought the only raider that was going sober was Darren Waller. It seems Max Crosby Joined the club. Let's have a look at a stats. Let's give him the time of day because that That's a great story regardless August 22nd 1997 he's 24 years of age has been sober for two years six foot five two hundred and fifty five pounds went east in Michigan Got picked up in the fourth round of the 2019 draft with pic number 106 to the Raiders made his first Pro Bowl last year and Long behold makes his first appearance on the list at that size and that weight running a four six six 40-yard dash that is Geez I got no words 36 inches in the vertical 10-foot two on the broad jump. He's clearly athletic He's an athletic phenom and he's in the sport that he should be What do we got here 49 total games 142 tackles 25 sacks in his first three years in the league 12 passes deflected four forced fumbles one recovered and The list goes on and on Well, it doesn't really that was the end of it March 11th, 2022 the two-year anniversary of becoming sober Crosby signed a four-year 98.98 million dollar contract extension with the Raiders Let's have a look at a sobriety March 11th, 2022 so we're talking March 11th, 2020 Got picked up in 2019 played the season So it must have been in the off season between 2019 and 2020 That he decided to go sober now. What did he decide to go sober from? Okay, so we went to rehab in the off season after his rookie year It says he's 18 months sober after staying rehab. All right, let's have a look at this A week before the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 max Crosby's world opened up That's when the Las Vegas Raiders defensive end began a month-long stay in rehab for alcoholism And is now nearing an 18 month milestone of being sober on the cusp of the 2021 NFL season In a wide-ranging interview with ESPN on Friday Crosby detailed his fight for sobriety as he enters his third NFL season It got to a point after my rookie year. My life became unmanageable Alcohol partying and all that shit became too much of a distraction In my life it became just overwhelming. I've always had issues with drinking And partying throughout high school and college. He was only 22 at the time guys. So for someone to Realize and ask for help at that age. That's That's huge. I've been able to slip by and get by but it became too much for me and it's always been that one crutch Alcoholism runs my family and I'm an alcoholic. So for me, I knew it was something that was always a crutch I knew always knew I had a problem. I knew I couldn't just drink like everybody else I got ahead of it. My first year of sobriety is always the hardest and that was last year I had a lot of ups and downs mentally. It was really tough for me But going in I'm almost a year and a half sober now and life is great. I'm really enjoying every single day I'm enjoying the work And that was prior to last season 18 months sober goes in and makes his first pro bowl coincidence I think not Let's go, bro Can't block me Oh, we can't block that Hard attack at 50 but We're getting the win Well, a lot of people don't know like they just see max do that on sunday like max is like that in every single Well, take the alcohol out and you might not practice every single walk through every single rep Max don't know this but he probably won't hear whatever he watched his energy every single play You know, it just it drives me That is the sober energy my friend And I'm not feeling like I could just look at max like all right Well, if he can do it every single play we're like, why can't I and you know, not just it affects me I'm pretty sure it affects the other 10 guys on the field also Best in the game america max crossby is probably my Favorite player in the league right now that tackle his hands in the ground. I'm gonna say run It's a run every time it's a pass. I can tell and he's like hold you know I'm like, bro. I watch film. I don't think I've ever seen somebody play areas I knew we'd hear from this guy football at the level of effort that max crossby does and we're talking in games We're talking practice. We're talking walkthrough Holy shit. Yeah, he's been in the league three years. He's made his first appearance on the top one. I'm assuming he's gonna be here for You know a few more years. I'm liking what I hear here all time incredible player was fourth in one on the goal line and maxis jumped over the goal line and brought the quarter back down like Look at him just jump. Oh, what a play There's two to three games where I was like, dang max like he didn't block you one time max crossby the right defensive end Yeah, um, I call that a an absolute demolition They starve and wreck the game And a rollie-pollie In the final week Crosby was all over the field as the Raiders beat the Chargers to make the playoffs for the first time in five years He's come a long way from his days in rehab Going to the pole bowl this year and you could just see the emotion on his face when that happened You know, I want to continue going in the right trajectory Me personally, I try to reach out to every top guy that I look up to I just love putting myself around people who are great Because that's what I want to be. That's what I push myself to be every day So you're what with that kind of um leg dexterity you could you could well be a punter Not gonna lie. Um, yeah, what an absolute legend. Uh, he's doing all the right things and uh, best of luck to him in this upcoming season In the next video, I haven't even looked at it. Darren Waller Wow Tell you what they've they've done us here They've got two guys who are on the same trajectory In the same team, you know, sing in that same song. That's the priority song And uh, it's not something I've been able to do yet, but it's something I'm looking at doing in the future So, uh, all of that more will be revealed. We will look into Darren Waller's story just a little bit more But uh, that was sick. That was a really cool video and I hope you guys enjoyed I hope you guys can take something positive from that. That's all I do this for Thanks for being here and I'll see you in the next one peace out