On the one hand, Maxx Crosby has made it clear that he is sticking around after the Las Vegas Raiders trade with the Baltimore Ravens fell apart before it could become officially official. But on the other hand, the idea of Crosby eventually being traded persists.
Nestled in this ESPN report by Ryan McFadden detailing the collapse of the Maxx Crosby trade is this anecdote that has been bouncing around in my head for the last 24 hours.
“Teams continue to check in on his availability,” McFadden writes in his ESPN story, “but as of now, the Raiders’ asking price to trade Crosby’s contract remains high.”
I’m Not Obsessively Following a Maxx Crosby Trade, But…
To be clear, I don’t think anything is imminent in terms of a Maxx Crosby trade. After seeing the deal between the Ravens and Raiders crumble at the last minute, with concerns about Crosby’s long-term health cited publicly as a major hangup for Baltimore, I can’t imagine there would be a team interested in cutting a deal right now. Even if there were, I’d like to think said team would proceed with caution. Heck, both teams probably would because I doubt the Raiders want to deal with another reported deal falling through.
Plus, with the NFL Draft being less than a month away, trading for Crosby isn’t high on the priority list for general managers and front offices neck-deep in prospect film in hopes of finding the next impact pass rusher who can be had on a rookie-scale contract. But there will come a time when a Crosby trade is on our scopes again. And I don’t want us to be surprised by the rumors when they eventually pop up later in the year.
With that being said, it doesn’t take me going into the depths of my imagination to envision the Chicago Bears as a team that comes up as a possible landing spot whenever Maxx Crosby trade rumors kick back up later this year. Bears General Manager Ryan Poles is on the record saying he explored a Crosby trade at the beginning of the offseason. And because he didn’t publicly shut the door on it, it will be easy for folks to circle back to what he said in March about the situation.
Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn ImagesI write all of that to say this: Maxx Crosby trade rumors will not pick back up until either the Raiders’ price tag comes down or the player proves to be healthy. If you’ll recall, the trade that was originally given the green light to proceed had Baltimore sending a pair of first-round picks to Las Vegas. However, that isn’t the only competitive offer that was reportedly made. The Dallas Cowboys were in on the Crosby race and reportedly submitted multiple offers in hopes of landing the five-time Pro Bowl pass rusher in a trade:
The first offer featured Dallas’ second first-round pick (No. 20) and defensive lineman Osa Odighizuwa. Another offer included the Cowboys’ first first-round pick (No. 12), and a third-rounder A third, and final, offer had Dallas packaging the No. 12 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and a second-round selection.That the Cowboys didn’t get back into the Maxx Crosby sweepstakes (and instead pivoted to trading for Rashan Gary) seems to speak volumes about how the team felt about the star player’s medicals. Remember, Dallas’ team physician, Dr. Daniel Cooper, reportedly played a role in the Ravens pulling out of their deal with the Raiders. It is a tangled web, to be sure. But one that we should be familiar with in case trade chatter resurfaces.
In the end, I land here: Until Chicago’s front office unearths an upgrade at the edge defender spot, rumors connecting Maxx Crosby to the Bears won’t be going anywhere. This will be grating for some fans, and understandably so — but all I ask is that you don’t shoot the messenger. I’m just trying to get out in front of it to give you, dear reader, the heads up you deserve.
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