Trade chatter around Maxx Crosby never really went away, even if the Raiders tried to cool it down.
Last week, ESPN’s Adam Schefter played down the idea that there was much leaguewide movement on Crosby or Kirk Cousins. Then the Raiders turned around and landed a third-round pick from the Vikings for Cousins.
On Crosby, though, the picture got murkier fast. Schefter said over the weekend that as of Thursday, Las Vegas had not been in trade talks for its All-Pro edge rusher.
Jordan Schultz reported something different. According to Schultz, teams had been calling the Raiders about Crosby for weeks, and some of those teams checked back in after the Cousins deal to see whether Crosby might suddenly be in play.
Sources: The #Raiders received calls over the last few weeks about DE Maxx Crosby, but the answer was he isn’t being moved and is staying in Las Vegas.
Some thought that could change with the Kirk Cousins trade today, but Crosby is a Raider, and the future with Fernando Mendoza… pic.twitter.com/fMhInpE2AD
- Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) November 10, 2026
That leaves the obvious question: why the gap between the reports?
The answer, at least from the reporting available here, is that teams were clearly interested in Crosby and had been in contact with Las Vegas. It would be hard to believe the Raiders never had even one conversation with a team about him before Thursday. Schultz’s version points to real calls, real interest, and a player who stayed put because the Raiders never moved him.
Schefter’s information from Las Vegas appears to have painted a different picture, and the Raiders clearly wanted it reported that there was no market for Crosby or Cousins. Why they wanted that message out is not explained here.
What is clear is that the Cousins deal brought a strong return. John Spytek got a third-round pick for a player the Raiders were going to have to send to the bench in the next few weeks anyway.
Crosby’s situation was different. This time, he wanted to remain in Las Vegas. That stands in sharp contrast to last year, when he brushed off trade rumors while quietly asking for a trade.
This year, there doesn’t seem to be much mystery about where he stood. He wanted to stay a Raider, and the fact that he wasn’t dealt by the deadline is the clearest sign of that, especially with teams reportedly calling for weeks.
The team believed to have been in on Crosby until the end was the Dallas Cowboys. They reportedly offered a first- and second-round pick for him in March, and what they were willing to offer in the last few weeks is not known.
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