They operated in “good faith” and planned to stand by their deal UNTIL Trey Hendrickson’s market fell and they felt good about being able to sign him
Once they figured out thru the back channels that they’d get Trey
They “failed” the physical of Maxx Crosby
the Ravens had buyer's remorse over trading 2 first-round picks (something they've never done before) for Maxx Crosby plus his $65M in cap hits the next 2 years...
they saw Trey Hendrickson's asking price fall after he couldn't agree to a deal in the first 2 days of legal tampering...
of course Crosby wasn't 100%, but they knew that already and realized they could pay less, give up zero draft capital and still get EDGE Trey Hendrickson...so they used the opportunity to get out using a failed physical
a conspiracy theorist's dream