For most of the offseason it felt like Maxx Crosby's days as a Raider were numbered. There was reportedly a deal in place sending him to Baltimore that collapsed over concerns with his medical evaluations, and Jerry Jones spent part of the summer publicly talking up his interest in prying Crosby out of Las Vegas. It's the kind of smoke that usually means something eventually catches fire.
Instead, it just kept not happening. Crosby stayed put through the draft, through camp buzz, through every cycle of will-he-won't-he speculation. Now Ian Rapoport is putting a bow on it, saying flatly on The Pat McAfee Show that he doesn't get the sense Crosby will be traded and that the star pass rusher is "ALL IN" on the Raiders.
Part of why this rumor had legs in the first place is the money. Crosby signed a 3-year, $106.5 million extension in 2025 with $91.5 million guaranteed, leaving Las Vegas on the hook for more than $65 million over the next two seasons regardless of what the roster around him looks like. Pair that price tag with a rebuilding-adjacent Raiders team and it's not hard to see why rival GMs kept calling.
But Crosby himself has never sounded like a guy trying to force his way out. When the Cowboys chatter was at its loudest, he said hearing his name attached to trade talk "doesn't change anything" for him, which lines up with the version of events Rapoport is now confirming publicly.
For a Raiders franchise that's been picked apart in trade rumors for years, actually holding onto its best player is a small win in itself. Crosby remains the closest thing Las Vegas has to a homegrown superstar, and for now at least, the front office is choosing to build around him instead of around what he could fetch on the trade market.