For Bears fans still daydreaming about Maxx Crosby in Chicago, there’s at least a fresh reason to keep the conversation alive. A new trade prediction has put the Las Vegas Raiders edge rusher on the Bears’ radar, with the Detroit Lions also mentioned as a possible destination.
The latest buzz comes from CBS Sports’ Jordan Dajani, who on Wednesday, just before the NFL’s Week 7 slate, rolled out a feature spotlighting five players he’d "like to see get a change of scenery." He also offered a reminder about how these conversations usually go, noting that the trade chatter is "usually more entertaining than the deals that actually take place before that Nov. 10 deadline, but we've been surprised before."
Crosby was one of the names he tied to Chicago.
"I don't know if Crosby still wants out of Vegas. Maybe he viewed the canceled trade as divine intervention signaling he was always meant to don the silver and black," he notes in the piece. "The Raiders are more competitive this year than they have been in quite some time, but I would still like to see Crosby on a winning team."
That’s really the heart of it. Crosby’s desire to win a championship makes the idea easy to understand, and the Raiders’ 3-3 start does make them more competitive than they’ve been in years. Still, Dajani’s point is that if Crosby is chasing a true title shot, a move before the November deadline could make more sense than staying put.
Will it happen? The outlook is doubtful, but not impossible.
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