W hen a Raiders player begins talking about winning championships or even reaching the playoffs, for that matter, the only logical conclusion seems to be that the player is thinki

The Raiders' hiring of Pete Carroll has Maxx Crosby pumped up -- even more than usual. The star defensive end said this week on SiriusXM’s "Let’s Go" podcast with Jim Gray that his mentality matches Carroll’s.

The Las Vegas Raiders organization seems pumped to have Pete Carroll as the team's new head coach, especially star defensive end Maxx Crosby. When speaking out how excited he is to have Carroll lead the Raiders, Crosby highlighted one message the Super Bowl winning coach said to them.