"Crab cakes and football, that's what Maryland does."

The above quote isn't just a random saying from "Wedding Crashers" anymore. As of Monday, it's now officially a way of life for Jeremy Maclin, who might've just scored the sweetest free agent bonus of all time: free crab cakes for life. 

After Maclin agreed to sign with the Ravens on Monday, he went straight to Twitter to make sure he could still cash in on his lifetime supply of free crab cakes, which was promised to him by a restaurant in Baltimore, but only if he signed with the Ravens. 

Maclin loves crab cakes so much that he was basically checking in on his lifetime crab cake deal almost as soon as the Ravens made the announcement that he had agreed to terms with the team.

Seriously.  

Here's the tweet where the Ravens officially announced the addition of Maclin. It was sent out at 3:38 p.m. ET.  

Twenty minutes later, Maclin was on his phone tweeting out to a Baltimore restaurant called Jimmy's Famous Seafood. 

So how did Maclin end up scoring free crab cakes for life?

 The saga started last week when Maclin made his visit to Baltimore. 

At the time, Jimmy's offered to give Maclin free crab cakes for the length of his deal if he agreed to sign with the Ravens. 

Unfortunately, Maclin didn't bite on Jimmy's offer, and he left town without signing a contract. 

At that point, the restaurant decided to step things up. Instead of offering free crab cakes for the length of the deal, Jimmy's decided to offer Maclin free crab cakes FOR LIFE. 

No one in their right mind would ever turn down free crab cakes for life, and Maclin didn't. 

I hope restaurants in Buffalo are taking plenty of notes here because maybe Maclin would've signed with your team if you had offered a lifetime supply of Buffalo wings, but you didn't, and now he's in Baltimore. On the other hand, maybe Buffalo just had no chance. John Minadakis, the CEO of Jimmy's Famous Seafood, told ESPN.com that any smart foodie would take crab cakes over Buffalo wings. 

"You put our crab cakes against Buffalo wings or Philly cheesesteaks, a crab cake is going to win every time," Minadakis said. Minadakis also mentioned cheesesteaks because the Eagles were also in the hunt for Maclin. 

If you're wondering how much Maclin's lifetime supply of crab cakes might end up costing the restaurant, I went ahead and did a quick back-of-the-napkin estimate using my bountiful knowledge of the crab cake industry. If Maclin eats five crab cakes a week for the next 50 years at $15 per crab cake, that means the restaurant would be out roughly $195,000. Minadakis doesn't seem too concerned about losing out on the money. 

"How many crab cakes can one person eat?" Minadakis said. "It's not going to take us out of business. That's for sure."

The moral of the story here is that the random guy in Wedding Crashers was right,  "Crab cakes and football" are what Maryland does best.