Talk around Maxx Crosby is cooling as the Nov. 10 NFL trade deadline draws closer, and one big reason appears to be the Raiders’ asking price.
A Tuesday update said those talks “have lost a little bit of steam,” and the market may be running into the same wall it hit in March: Las Vegas isn’t lowering the number.
Back then, the Raiders accepted two first-round draft picks from the Baltimore Ravens for Crosby before Baltimore backed out of the deal because of concerns tied to the meniscus repair he needed following the 2025 season. According to Jason La Canfora of Casino.org, one unnamed general manager still believes that offer is the standard the Raiders are working from.
“They set the price already, really, didn’t they? They had two ones (two first-round picks) from (Ravens GM Eric DeCosta).
So you can’t really act like he’s not available now,” the general manager told La Canfora. “I don’t think they take less than that.
I’m not sure someone offers that; that was a reach by Baltimore … But he’s still a dominant player. The knee isn’t holding him back.”
There’s also the question of whether Las Vegas would even want to deal him at all. First-year head coach Klint Kubiak said Monday that one reason he is sticking with veteran Kirk Cousins over rookie Fernando Mendoza is that 3-4 Las Vegas is still “in the hunt” for a playoff berth.
The Raiders are scheduled to face the 2-5 New York Jets on Sunday, and they’re coming off a four-game losing streak. La Canfora noted that the lighter stretch ahead could matter for a team trying to keep belief intact.
“The schedule is lightening up, with the lowly Jets up next,” La Canfora wrote about a Raiders side that is in the middle of a four-game losing streak. “For a team struggling to establish a home-field advantage with Vegas being a Mecca for visiting fans, wins matter. Getting players to believe the city is behind them matters too.”
That context points toward Las Vegas holding onto a proven piece rather than moving him for anything less than a massive return.
Crosby has also been tied to the Dallas Cowboys since this past winter, but Jerry Jones said Tuesday that a blockbuster move before the deadline is “unlikely.”
And even around the league, the view seems to be shifting away from a monster package. A longtime NFL personnel executive who has watched Crosby’s 2026 film and who knows several people around the league who are mulling making a bid for Crosby told La Canfora he does not think the Raiders will get two first-round picks for the 29-year-old this fall.
For now, the safest read is that Crosby stays put in Las Vegas through the deadline.
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