The 2025 season has officially folded its tent, leaving the NFL in that strange, quiet hangover of early spring. In Las Vegas, the air is thick with one particular name: Maxx Crosby. He’s the $106.5 million heartbeat of a franchise currently standing in the messy middle.
According to the insiders, if the Raiders are going to let him walk out the door, it’s going to cost someone a small fortune.
Raiders Would Demand Micah Parsons-Level Return for Maxx Crosby
NFL insider Jordan Schultz did not soften it. If Las Vegas were to move Crosby, that return would need to resemble last summer’s seismic Micah Parsons deal. Dianna Russini wrote, “The only way the Raiders move Crosby is there if they command somewhere along the line of a Micah Parsons package.”
For context, Dallas traded the pass rusher in exchange for defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two first-round draft picks (2026, ‘27) before Parsons signed his record-setting four-year, $186.5 million contract with Green Bay. That’s the neighbourhood we’re talking about.
This wouldn’t be a polite negotiation over mid-round picks. It would require premium draft capital, likely multiple high-value assets, and the sort of offer that forces a front office to sit back in its chair and stare at the ceiling for a minute.
And even then, it is not confirmed that the Raiders would blink.
“All I know is that Klint Kubiak is in the business of having good players and so is John Spytek and so is Tom Brady and right now Maxx Crosby is their best player, so to me it would make sense to keep him,” Schultz added.
“It would make sense to keep him.”@Schultz_Report on the trade rumors surrounding DE Maxx Crosby in Las Vegas.
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Of course, the tension is not entirely manufactured.
Late in the 2025 season, after the Raiders shut Crosby down for the final two games, reportedly to keep his long-term health in check after he had been playing the previous games through an injury, however, the team was also apparently angling for the No. 1 overall pick after a 3-14 campaign.
“I don’t give a (expletive) about the pick, I don’t play for that,” Crosby said on the “Let’s Go” podcast. “That’s not my job. My job is to be the best defensive end in the world, and that’s what I focus on every day.”
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In a lost season, that competitive wiring created friction and sparked the first real wave of trade speculation.
Yet when Crosby came on Jim Gray’s “Let’s Go!” podcast, his tone was steadier. Recovering from meniscus surgery, he sounded less like a player plotting an exit and more like someone recalibrating.
“People are gonna have rumors… For me, I know what I’m about. I know what I represent… I know my truth. And I don’t need to sit here and keep rehashing it to people that don’t know what’s going on. So, I don’t even waste time with it,” he said.
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Nevertheless, he did not hide the simplest truth either: He wants to win. And the Raiders’ stance is clear: They aren’t shopping their All-Pro athlete either, who earned an A grade on the PFSN NFL EDGE Impact Metrics with a score of 95.3 and a second-place ranking among all defensive ends for the 2025 season.
