Maxx Crosby offered an update on his knee this week, and every indication is that the Raiders’ All Pro edge rusher is on track for a full recovery.
“These past few weeks have been incredible,” Crosby said on The Rush. “Super productive. Super excited. We have a big chunk of this rehab coming up that is the final touch, where I can get cut free. So I’m feeling amazing.”
“Everything’s going incredible,” Crosby continued. “We’re ahead of schedule, feeling amazing, feeling great, and feeling like myself. I’ve got my pep in my step. Being able to do some good work and being able to box, too, for the first time in a long time. I train intentionally for football. Everything is tied together, including my punch, my strength, my hands, and all the little things.”
As Crosby is getting closer to returning, conversations around his future with the Raiders have picked up, and it sounds like there are still teams hoping to trade for him before the start of the season.
The California Post’s Vinny Bonsignore has been leading the charge on trade rumors around Crosby for the last week, even reported what would be considered a “suitable offer” if the 49ers were involved in a deal.
On the Raiders flagship radio station this week, Bonsignore reminded the audience that Crosby’s knee injury was nothing like the knee injuries suffered by Patick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill in 2025.
“It’s important to remember this wasn’t a devastating knee injury,” Bonsignore said on Raider Nation Radio’s Morning Tailgate.
“He probably could have played for those last couple of weeks. Obviously, he wanted to play in his best interest. He didn’t. He got the surgery. So we can’t classify this as, let’s say, what Patrick Mahomes is coming back from. That was like a multi-leveled, just devastating kind of a knee injury. What Tyreek Hill is coming back from is a much higher class. So very good news for Maxx Crosby that he obviously got the surgery, did the right thing, and is well on his way to recovery. It’s not something that was ever considered any sort of super serious type of an injury.”
But at the end of his segment on Crosby, Bonsignore dropped a comment that seemed to be loaded with trade implications.
“A lot of people are interested in that knee,” Bonsignore said. “I can tell you that. A lot of different ways this can go.”
Maybe it’s “click bait” or rumor mongering, but it’s hard to imagine the Raiders’ flagship radio station would prefer it’s hosts to stir trade rumors without any basis – especially when those rumors involve the player that’s been the face of the organization for the last few years.
Crosby could stay with the Raiders for another 4-5 years, but from the outside it seems like teams are still lurking, trying to find a way to trade for him. The only reason teams would linger and continue to monitor Crosby is if they believe the Raiders are still open to making such a move.
With that in mind, it will be interesting to see if Crosby trade rumors pick up even more when he is fully cleared to return to the field.
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Funny when beat writers constantly beat their own drums constantly suggesting that a 2027. 1st round + a 2nd round player in 2028 + a player is faulted
Needs to be a 1st and 2nd in 2027 + a 1st rounder in 2028
Max is the very best game wrecker