There aren’t many defensive players who quarterbacks dread going up against more than the Raiders’ Maxx Crosby. He’s locked up his second straight season of double-digit sacks and will probably lead the league in tackles for loss for a second straight year. He also knows how to get into a quarterback’s head.
Gardner Minshew may have been the exception to that.
Mic’d-up footage from NFL Films showed the Raiders defensive end repeatedly calling Minshew a “little ass boy” during Sunday’s game. Every time Crosby hurried, hit or ended up near Minshew, it was the same trash talk.
Let’s just say that Minshew had some jokes when he returned to the Colts bench.
.@CrosbyMaxx was not holding back on the trash talk to @GardnerMinshew5. 😂
"Dude, Maxx Crosby is so damn angry."@InsideTheNFL streaming now on @TheCW app pic.twitter.com/ofnwt7DHCo
— NFL (@NFL) January 3, 2024
At first, Minshew was a bit taken aback by how angry Crosby seemed. A teammate off screen told Minshew that it was all an act, which set up Minshew’s punchline.
The Colts quarterback said:
“He just keeps calling everybody ‘little ass boy.’ ‘Hey, little ass boy.’ I’m like, ‘I’m little out here, but not always — you know.'”
Gardner, there are children watching! Solid delivery, though. Needless to say, fans enjoyed that mic’d-up clip.
This was how Twitter reacted
My favorite aspect about Gardner Minshew is that he sounds exactly how you think he would
Bro is just laissez faire about Maxx Crosby trying to take his soul https://t.co/86KBvpdgYQ
— Kevin Hickey (@KevinHickey11) January 3, 2024
Crosby was the least interesting part of the video lmaooo https://t.co/CXpyqUdvlX pic.twitter.com/xlZfVdH3mU
— Hustle Chillson (@HustleChillson) January 3, 2024
LOLLLL Minshew is not phased https://t.co/htWwfmak9L
— Naptown Talk (@naptowntalkpod) January 3, 2024
I love Gardner Minshew. https://t.co/Kg4rdKPGC8
— Joe Bryant (@Football_Guys) January 3, 2024
Pahahahahaha. Max Crosby is great and really fun to watch. But imagine exerting that much extra energy to wind up the opposition and they reply like Gardner Minshew, he just does not care 😂 https://t.co/RlwNfxefDp
— James (@jamessordillo) January 3, 2024
😭😭 the end of the clip is peak minshew im dead https://t.co/GslHzYRZSw
— Matt (@Mattmueller77) January 3, 2024
Gardner is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/sT4ugRaaqB
— Dayvon (@daydayhoops23) January 3, 2024
Damn Minshew just putting it all out there 🤣🤣 https://t.co/xAiajY3O73
— Ian Kennedy #MPJStan (@KennedyI57) January 3, 2024
A QB for the people https://t.co/Puu3L50P2s
— taylor from bite-sized bison (@ByTaylorL) January 3, 2024
