The Raiders thought they ended the Maxx Crosby era when they agreed to trade the star defensive end to the Ravens on March 5. The blockbuster would have netted the Raiders a pair of first-round picks, but the Ravens backed out last Tuesday after Crosby failed a physical.
Although Crosby is recovering from a full meniscus repair, trade speculation centering on the 28-year-old has persisted. For Crosby’s part, the five-time Pro Bowler seems content to play an eighth season with the Raiders. “Im [sic] A Raider. I’m Back,” he posted on X last week.
It helps that Crosby is a fan of general manager John Spytek, rookie head coach Klint Kubiak and new defensive coordinator Rob Leonard, Albert Breer of SI.com relays. Crosby has a great relationship with Leonard, the Raiders’ defensive line coach over the previous three seasons. He combined for 68 tackles for loss and 32 sacks under Leonard from 2023-25.
While there is nothing stopping teams from pursuing a Crosby trade, the Raiders have made it clear they are not giving him away for a discount, per Breer. If there are any more “serious” trade talks regarding Crosby, they are unlikely to occur until around April’s draft, according to Jason La Canfora of SportsBoom. By then, Crosby could be in position to pass a physical.
Regardless, odds are a Crosby trade will not come together before next season, according to Breer, who notes an acquiring GM would be taking a major risk in giving up significant value for Crosby. If his knee troubles continue over the next couple of years, it would be difficult for the GM to justify the gamble to a team owner.
“My gut, I think he’s a Raider,” one GM told La Canfora.
Signs are pointing to Crosby opening 2026 as a Raider, but Breer points to the possibility of a trade before the deadline if he is playing well and the team is out of contention. That may not be an outcome the Raiders are envisioning, though, after they went on a free agent spending spree. They are also expected to land their next starting quarterback, Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, with the No. 1 pick in the draft.
With a new coaching staff and much more talent on their roster, the Raiders will expect to make legitimate progress after a three-win 2025 showing. If the Raiders retain him, a healthy Crosby should boost their chances of turning things around next season.
Trade to a high profile contender just before trade deadline sounds like a good plan. Get a half season for the Raiders and then collect the draft picks.
The half season of play will establish Crosby as back (or broken, in which case there’s no trade).
If the Raiders are playoff bound (hey Jayden Daniels’s rookie appearance in the NFC championship for the ex-Redskins was a total surprise), then Crosby leads the way to the post-season.
I wish the redskins name comes back with new RFK stadium but bringing that name up with Jayden Daniels in the same sentence is a little bit weird
STNMF- As an American Indian I personally think the Commanders works. Skin peeling and raw flesh exposed aside (Hence the Redskin reference) Unless the the league is prepared to rename a few other teams with racial slurs I personally could do without it
How do you feel about teams being named “Indians” though? When I lived in a reservation town in New Mexico, I was surprised to hear many Navajos tell me they preferred to be called Indians (or just Navajos) instead of Native Americans, which was too PC for their taste. Obviously, Redskins is something else entirely (if the NFL allows that, they should be forced to name another team the Palefaces lol).
I have always used American Indian and I’m 65+. Anyone born in this country is a Native American no matter what color you are. I’ve actually had words with social justice warriors who told me I cannot call myself an American Indian because it’s not politically correct. Indians is not offensive, neither is tribal names ( though most are actually not real tribal names, just names given to nations by illiterate colonizers who couldn’t pronounce what the actual names were). At least Florida State University asked the Seminole Tribe if it was okay to use the term.
I can definitely see why it’s a bad word and obviously im not Native American so I don’t have experiences with things like that
I feel like the name was never used in a bad way once the 2000s rolled around, a lot like the FSU Seminoles where history is celebrated
If they ever decide to change commanders (commanders is a horrible name personally) then they better make sure to do a poll with the Native American tribes in the east
The R-word is a slur as much as the N-word is. Just because the majority of the people that were the subject of that slur word were murdered, doesn’t make it more acceptable.
We don’t need that racist garbage in the world.
100% agreed…Always Online MAGA thinks the entire U.S. THINKS LIKE THEM & ‘Rumpy The Idiot Racist Emporer With No Clothes, NOPE! WE DON’T!
lol what a boomer post
Try not to bring up your political views in a sports discussion challenge (impossible)
stnmf- There’s always one guy who has to make it about Trump. There should always be respect for the office even if you don’t agree with the person who occupies it. But some people have nothing to do all day except cry about something they can do nothing to change. I do love their slogan though,”Nobody is illegal on stolen land ” Actually everyone is illegal on stolen land except the person who owns or leases the property. If someone breaks into your house and a hundred people follow them in, does that mean no one is illegally occupying YOUR home. Makes as much sense as a lot of the social justice warrior garbage.
Thanks for telling us what we need. You know what we need? Less people trying to tell us what we need.
Prediction: The Redskins name does not return, nor does RFK. The Orange Circus will use tax dollars to name the new stadium … Trump House.
OLL- Why exactly would tax dollars be used to name a stadium? And what exactly is an orange Circus? Is that some kind of thing like Bruce Springsteen singing about killing the yellow man? Or people speaking about Indians being red? Are you one of those bigots people talk about? Are you really white, or are you cream colored? Salmon maybe?Are black people really black? You have really opened a can of worms. Now we must all get out our Crayola 64 pack and compare colors.
Redskins has nothing to do with peeling flesh and everything to do with the copper coloured skin of many of the North American Indians.
Let’s just not mention the North American Indians. You’ll become invisible and we can pretend that our forefathers didn’t genocide you. We’ll feel great about the story that we came to an empty continent.
Alec- Thank you for your great insight into Native history. We must bow to your superior knowledge gleaned from your many years of watching John Wayne movies. You sound like the American History teachers at the Indian ( how to look and speak like a white man) school my wife’s uncle was forced to go to after he was kidnapped from his parents. You’re saying don’t listen to tribal elders, but listen to you and your OPINION, which you say like it is a fact. I’m not sure if you’re a social justice warrior, trying to be ironic or just ignorant of Native History. In the future please stay in your lane, and don’t ever correct someone who knows what’s not written in YOUR history books.
I’m very sorry about the wrongs done to the Native Peoples of the Americas, both recently as you describe and deeper in the past. The Trail of Tears, the destruction of the buffalo – Anglos have done everything they can to erase you and your culture from the face of the earth.
Still, there is no more unity in opinion among tribal elders as there is unity of opinion among the current political class. Your monolith of opinion and condemnation is absolute nonsense. A Native Indian created the proud Redksins logo and many natives people like it.
You just carry on erasing the presence of the Native Indian from public perception. When the aboriginal population is finally completely invisible, perhaps you will be at peace.
I do admire your ability to talk in circles. Since I have no idea what point you are trying to make or why, I will gracefully leave you with whatever point you are trying to make bouncing around in your brain. I have many things that are much more important than trying to debate whatever it is you speaking about. In the future I would hope you would find some Native friends who are genuine died in the wool Indians and not apples. Have a great day and life. You may now declare victory and do your celebratory dance. I will be in my garden planting soap ginger and rain lilies.
Just stop with the (sic) already, especially when you make so many typos and other errors on this site.
Ok so stop reading them then.
Na. I’ll voice my opinion just like anybody else, and (sic) is obnoxious and over-used these days.
It’s especially obnoxious to use (sic) when the writers using it don’t even bother to proofread their own stuff before posting it.
Journalists follow a guidebook in their reporting, and that guidebook calls for the use of [sic] when quoting misspellings/grammar. It’s a weird thing to cry about.
These people aren’t journalists. They’re bloggers. They’re also incredibly selective with when they use it but hey nice try!
And calling out obnoxious nonsense isn’t crying. Saying things like “whining” and “crying” is weak and tryhard.
You’ll be ok little man
He should be a Cowboy. As a cowboys fan I am obviously biased
I know Maxx reads this forum, so I will just say it, as a Raiders fan.
They shouldn’t have sat you out. You said some things. They said some things. But just stay. Raiders fans want you to stay. You have stuck it out for so many years of bad seasons. The playoffs are coming. Be a part of it. 2027 at the latest!
I disagree. They absolutely should have sat him out. They had nothing to play for and knee was already damaged enough to required significant meniscus repair. I think playing him would have been professionally negligent on the part of the Raiders. Some players need to be saved from themselves.
It ignores the point of playing the game. From a business sense, he is just an asset. The business makes the money that pays Crosby so well. But the game itself is, as the business chooses to forget, the entire reason that all of this started.
As the game erodes, so too will the business. It obviously happens slowly, but it will happen, especially as the fans who watched it when it was a game die off. Crosby wanted to play because he has character and respect for the game. Whether it was “smart” is another matter. But you can’t pretend to have passion for the game and purposefully sit a guy out just to tank. So, even though Crosby is an asset in the eyes of the team, he’s a player in the eyes of the game. That’s how it should be, otherwise the game-and all the money that comes with it-really doesn’t have any point anymore.
I could not disagree more. Even if the Raiders already had their draft position locked in and did not want to trade Crosby, they still would not have played Crosby for the risk/fear of him further damaging the knee and putting into jeopardy his availability/effectiveness in future seasons. The man had a meniscus repair, not just a trim. This is a big deal. His knee was significantly damaged.
I appreciate Crosby’s desire to play, but playing him would have been stupid for a team with no chance at the playoffs. Players who are concussed often want to go back into the game. Should we let them? Of course not. I will say again, some players need to be saved from themselves.
If you believe that’s why they did it, sure. I suppose that’s what it comes down to, for Crosby. I do not believe that was the primary concern for the team when this occurred. Crosby sustained the injury on October 19th, 2025, against the Chiefs. The Raiders shut him down on December 14th, 2035. . If the Raiders were so concerned for his knee, they could shut him down earlier…not when it looked like the Giants might suddenly edge them out for the first overall pick in the last two games of the year.
*December 14th, 2025, not 2035.
At first he thought it was a bruise or sprain. I don’t think he had an MRI until later in December, and when the imaging revealed surgery was necessary that’s when the Raiders decided to shut him down.
It would bother me if the Raiders shut him down when he was healthy. He wasn’t. At all. He literally required surgery–a meniscus repair–to fix his knee. It was not an optional surgery and it wasn’t a so-called “clean up” or scope.
The irony is, if he shut it down sooner, he might have passed his physical and got the trade he wanted.
I wonder how long we have to wait for the next Crosby article about nothing.
I mean, it’s a rumors site, so I’m not sure what you would prefer.
How about an actual rumor instead of a rehashed story that adds a guess from a ‘GM’.
What would qualify as an “actual” rumor? This is an article about a trade that almost happened, and a player who possibly could be traded again. (I personally don’t think he will be). The lack of verification is what makes a rumor a rumor. I don’t get why people get angry at the writers for covering this. It’s not like it was presented as anything other than what it actually is.
I’ll just say this to Bears fans with short memories who still want this deal-Khalil Mack. Pace made 3 franchise killing trades for Fields,Trubisky and Mack. That netted the Bears exactly 1 Wild Card Playoff loss because he cut Robbie Gould out of spite and Gave Parkey more money to hit the Goal Post when it mattered. Look Maxx is a great player but the Bears are building their team the right way-Piece by Piece. The Bears didn’t have the money to make this trade when FA started and they certainly don’t now. Just let it go. Draft a guy like Jacas in the 2nd round and go with Booker, Jacas and Sweat and hope Odeyingbo takes a salary deal to spread out his cap hit. Maybe he comes back maybe not but they can cut him next year and be done with it. Build through the draft, Don’t take shortcuts. Any draft picks they lose aren’t worth it. Maxx was drafted in the 4th round and has been great. Find the next one. Trading for the old one isn’t the way to go here. Beware the shortcut, It hardly ever works in real life or football.
There’s literally no update. Let’s keep writing about it.
Couldn’t they just pin the previous article to the top instead of posting it like an update?
AJ Brown and a 3rd for him and a 6th
Raiders get a star WR1 for Mendoza, they have Jeanty and Bowers plus invested in Linderbaum.
Eagles get rid of Brown who clearly wants out. They’ll then need to find a WR1 but they can just use the draft.
Hurts and Barkley provide most the offence and then you have Smitty and Goedert.
Defensively they’d be unreal, Carter Davies Crosby Baun Campbell Mitchell DeJean Woolen. Defence wins titles and they have one of the best in the league. Offensively you still have enough to get it done against sides.
I don’t think Brown gets traded until after June 1st for cap reasons. The Dolphins had this issue with Jalen Ramsey and the Packers had the same issue with Jaire Alexander.
I don’t know why the NFL can’t make a rule to allow the designation of a post-June 1 trade like they allow the designation of post June 1 releases. It just creates hostages who can’t leave their teams when free agency gets underway.
Be good if they just swapped contracts like they would in the NBA
What in the fever dream trade is this a top 5 defensive end is not worth a top 10-15 receiver
If/when Brown gets traded im not sold if he will even bring back a 1st round pick
Julio jones titans trade might be a bad comparison since he was 31 and had an injury but he was still better than brown and wasnt causing a locker room stir
Absolutely not.
I don’t think Brown is getting traded this year….. maybe at the trade deadline if he acts up. Too much dead money in this football year. He will still want to put up good numbers this year if he wants to keep getting top dollar.
Bengals should throw a first this year, a second next year and a third in 2028 and see if they bite. They might not, but then they might.
While I would love to see Crosby on the Bengals, an organization that values their draft picks so highly that they were unwilling to part with a third-round pick for Odighizuwa, a player in his prime who would’ve been a significant upgrade, tells me they’d never consider making a trade like this. After all, we can use those picks on the next Shemar Stewart, CTB, and Jermaine Burton!
Is this the new Aaron Rodgers story?
He will play with the Seahawks. Seattle has the money but Schneider isn’t going to give up too many picks for a guy with a bad knee. It all depends on what the Hawks find in the draft at the DE position.
I use to think Hawks could be in mix for him but I think things have changed. They do have money but they need to get the JSN deal done first. That will effect cap space big time. I also think they will go draft way. Either a first or second in a end.