Maxx Crosby Jabs Joey Bosa for His Behavior Against Jaguars in Wild Card Round
Whenever the Jacksonville Jaguars' Wild Card playoff win in 2022 is looked back on by the masses, two things will be remembered the most.
The comeback from Trevor Lawrence after four interceptions and a 27-0 hole ... and Joey Bosa's all-time meltdown, which led directly to the Jaguars scoring a critical two-point conversion in the fourth quarter of the 31-30 win.
Bosa became increasingly agitated throughout the Jaguars' memorable comeback, losing it on the sidelines of TIAA Bank Field and tossing his helmet twice for the sold-out crowd to see. He doubled-down days later, showing the Jaguars' ability to get to him went far beyond the four-quarter playoff game.
Bosa was later fined for his actions and comments during the Jaguars' win. Now, the display in Duval is now being slammed and panned by fellow NFL players, which includes Las Vegas Raiders pass-rusher Maxx Crosby.
"A couple of games ago, when f***ing dude had a meltdown and blamed the refs," Crosby said about Bosa on Barstools' Bussin' With The Boys, saying, "I see dudes blaming, oh, f*** it, O-linemen hold all the time. Refs don't call it."
"I think he was frustrated. I think he felt like there were a bunch of things that kind of accumulated throughout the game and tried to talk through it with the officials," Chargers head coach Brandon Staley said after the Jaguars' win.
"But we can't lose our composure like that. We need to make sure that we stay on the high side of things, and we can't hurt the team that way."
It appeared Bosa was most likely frustrated by Jaguars' right tackle Jawaan Taylor, whose get-off on many plays makes it appear to some that he is false starting. He is not, and this was far from the first game in which a pass-rusher became frustrated by it. Bosa just happened to do it in a playoff game.
"I’ve got a different center this year, so I’m trying to work it in practice, but to the naked eye, it can look like I’m false starting, but I’m just timing it up to get off the same time the ball is being snapped," Taylor said in September. "Playing tackle you have to get off the ball with urgency. These edge rushers will come off the ball very fast, so as much as I can get off the ball as fast as I can, I do it.”
"It’s not really the ends, it’s mainly the coaches. I even saw a video of Pete Carroll (Seattle Seahawks head coach) last year when we were playing Seattle say something about it, but it’s not too bad. A ref may come up to me and say ‘scoot up a little bit’ in my stance, but nothing about getting off the ball.”
