NFL Confidential: League Execs Not Happy with Ravens After Nixing Maxx Crosby Trade

The Baltimore Ravens' decision to call off the Maxx Crosby trade not only surprised the NFL world but also upset people around the league. 

We surveyed several executives and league insiders for their thoughts on Tuesday's news that Crosby was going back to the Las Vegas Raiders (at least for now). The consensus is that the Ravens might have overstepped by calling off the trade, even if the star edge rusher failed a physical just a couple of months after undergoing surgery on his meniscus. 

We also tried to find out what might be next for the Raiders, Ravens and Crosby following Tuesday's news. Will Las Vegas' free agent class blow up as a result of the nixed deal? Will the Dallas Cowboys pursue Crosby?

[ 3 Takeaways From Maxx Crosby Trade Fallout ]

Here's what we learned: 

Ralph Vacchiano:The Raiders’ terse statement made it clear that they are angry with the Ravens for backing out of the Crosby deal.

The rest of the league sounds pretty angry with the Ravens, too.

"Whatever they saw [in their medical exam] better be career-threatening, otherwise you don’t do this," one NFL executive told me. "They knew something was wrong with his knee. He just had surgery to get it fixed. It really feels like they had some other reason for wanting out of this deal."

"Look, I don’t know what they saw, but he had surgery two months ago," an NFL assistant general manager told me. "He wasn’t going to pass a physical. Did they not know about his knee? Everybody else did.

"There’s got to be something else here. We all knew he probably wasn’t going to be ready until training camp. It really sounds like they just got scared and looked for any way out."

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Eric D. Williams: The Ravens traded two first-round picks for Crosby, including