The Raiders had to pull two of their biggest names from practice on Saturday after a Friday altercation between quarterback Kirk Cousins and edge rusher Maxx Crosby crossed a line.
Per Adam Schefter, Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak kept both players out after the incident, which was a violation of team rules. Kubiak made it clear the team is treating it seriously.
“Those are two leaders on our team going at it,” Kubiak said. “Obviously, fighting in a game [or] you throw a punch in a game, you are out of the game. So we’ve got to be smart.”
According to the report, the confrontation started after Crosby hit Cousins. Cousins then got in Crosby’s face and grabbed his jersey, and the two traded words before being separated.
Cousins, 37, arrived in the NFL as a fourth-round pick by Washington in 2012. He played the final year of his rookie deal, then was franchised in consecutive seasons before leaving for a three-year, $84 million contract with the Vikings.
He later signed a two-year, $66 million extension in 2020 and followed that with a one-year, $35 million fully guaranteed extension in 2021. After playing out that deal, he entered free agency and joined the Falcons in 2024 on a four-year, $180 million contract that included $100 million in guaranteed money.
The Falcons released Cousins this offseason, and he then signed with the Raiders on a deal that pays him $20 million in 2026.
Last season, Cousins played in 10 games for Atlanta, starting eight. He completed 61.7 percent of his passes for 1,721 yards, 10 touchdowns and five interceptions.
Crosby, 28, was also a fourth-round pick, going to the Raiders in 2019 out of Eastern Michigan. He was in the final year of his four-year, $3,302,264 rookie contract, which included a $782,264 signing bonus and a base salary of $850,000, when he landed a four-year, $98.98 million extension with more than $53 million guaranteed.
In March 2025, Crosby signed another extension, this one for three years and $106.5 million, after being due base salaries of $22.236 million and $18.84 million in the last two seasons of the previous deal.
Crosby’s 2025 season was another strong one. He played in 15 games and finished with 73 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, one interception, six pass defenses and two forced fumbles.
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