Maxx Crosby didn’t hold back when the topic turned to the Chargers.
The Raiders defensive end, speaking Sunday on internet personality NEON’s livestream, pointed to Los Angeles as the NFL’s “most toxic fanbase” and tied that opinion to a heated exchange with Justin Herbert.
“I got a fuing late hit on (Justin) Herbert this year," Crosby said. "He was barking in my ear and I fuing shoved him and he went flying down.
Their fan base came at me like, you fuing junkie crackhead motherfuer, like nonstop. … I’m like, damn, but they’re crazy though.
But, that’s just part of it, you know what I mean?”
When NEON asked him directly about the league’s most toxic fanbase, Crosby circled back to the Chargers.
“I think the Chargers low key," Crosby said. "Chargers do because they got a smaller fan base.
They started in San Diego, so it’s like more, it’s more, you know, they’re not really an LA team. They’re not from LA.
So, their fans like feel like they need to be louder because they don’t have as many. (They) don’t have numbers like us (Raiders) so they’re real toxic.
"I respect it though because like if it pisses me off that means they’re probably doing a pretty good job of talking sh*t and they don’t stop.”
The Raiders and Chargers are set to meet twice in the 2026 NFL season, first in Week 2 on Sept. 20 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, and again in Week 14 on Dec. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Crosby’s Raiders will open training camp on July 23 for rookies, while Crosby and the veterans are scheduled to report to the Intermountain Health Performance Center in Henderson, Nevada.
Las Vegas hasn’t reached the playoffs since the 2021 season, and Crosby is expected to be a central piece of the defense if that streak is going to end.
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