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.

In a recent interview, Las Vegas Raiders star Maxx Crosby shared his excitement about working with new head coach, Pete Carroll.

Pete Carroll and the Las Vegas Raiders need to go for the brass ring, trading Maxx Crosby to the Cleveland Browns for the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft

Step one for Pete Carroll upon joining the Las Vegas Raiders was figuring out who his three coordinators would be. Once that was done, it was time to move onto step two: ironing out both the positional coaches and coaching assistants.