NFL Network: Potential Maxx Crosby Trade May Not Happen For Months
February 9th, 2026
Currently damaged goods.
Over the weekend, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN got Bucs fans hot and bothered over the notion that the Bucs really need to be bold and go get All-World edge rusher Maxx Crosby.
The chatter seeping out of San Francisco last week, where the NFL world congregated for the Super Bowl, was that Las Vegas wanted a “Micah Parsons-like deal” for Crosby.
Joe even heard people float two first-round picks for Crosby. Joe thought that was outrageous. Parsons, when he was dealt from Dallas to Green Bay, was in the prime of his career. Crosby is rehabbing a knee injury and is 28.
Besides, Crosby commands some $30 million a year in salary. Unless Mark Davis is willing to eat some of that, there is just no way a 28-year old edge rusher with a bum knee is worth two first-round draft picks.
And that is why Ian Rapoport of NFL Network thinks it will be months before any trade of Crosby is consummated, if a trade is ever worked out.
Teams aren’t going to want to trade for damaged goods like Crosby unless it’s a fire sale, and Las Vegas won’t get near the value back for Crosby until he is medically cleared.
So Rapoport is eyeing maybe around the NFL draft in April, or later, if the Raiders ever do ship Crosby to another team.
A trade before free agency is not impossible. But even a minor meniscus repair takes months of recovery. It might be a while if there is a Maxx Crosby trade. https://t.co/aUpQ6KhluM
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 8, 2026
February 9th, 2026 at 7:24 am
NFL is trying the Bud Light-Cracker Barrel plan. Bad Bunny led off the new NFL last night. It will now go broke.
February 9th, 2026 at 7:32 am
2 first round picks and $30M for a guy to drop back in hail Mary coverage every play? No thanks.
February 9th, 2026 at 7:40 am
Joe, don’t know if you noticed, but it was Seattle’s defensive tackles that won the game yesterday, not one edge rusher. I know you’re fixated with edge rush, but it’s the big nasties up front on both sides of the ball that wins games. Aside from Vea, we have garage at DT. Kancey? He’s a girl compared to what Seattle has.
February 9th, 2026 at 7:41 am
Yea, dreaming about Crosby aside.
How do we feel about Malachi Lawrence day 2? or Anthony Lucas at all?
February 9th, 2026 at 7:51 am
I love Crosby, but this would be a bad idea for THIS team right now. I would have said yes last year or the year before, but a regime on the hot seat shouldn’t be allowed to spend major future draft capital.
Beyond that, this defensive roster is way more than one pass rusher away from resembling anything other than a minor inconvenience for most good offenses in this league. The Rams could have put up 70 if they felt like it. That game looked like a cat playing with a ball of yarn. Between free agency and draft, they need to add at a minimum 2 starting ILB’s, a starting OLB, a starting caliber DT, and multiple athletes in the defensive backfield that can stay on the field.
This team just needs some freak athletes in the back 7, no more 5’10 -200lb corner/safeties. Tykee Smith and Jacob Parrish are nice players, but we need some real specimens back there. Find me some 6’2 to 6’4 – 220+lb LB/safety hybrids that can run.
February 9th, 2026 at 7:54 am
Crosby would be nice but too expensive. We too many pieces on defense.
I enjoyed BB last night. Hardly ever heard any of his stuff but I like good entertainment.
February 9th, 2026 at 8:08 am
Hodad … ‘Joe, don’t know if you noticed, but it was Seattle’s defensive tackles that won the game yesterday, not one edge rusher. I know you’re fixated with edge rush, but it’s the big nasties up front on both sides of the ball that wins games.’
You nailed it Hodad. Watching those big nasties just collapse the New England OLine was a thing of beauty. Bucs need to emulate that, and stop this nonsense about pining for broken-down, over-the-hill edge rushers. They can’t do all that much unless the interior DLine is kicking arse.
Vea’s only got 1 or 2 more really effective years in him. Kancey would probably be fine further out with his quickness & speed, but he won’t last long playing inside against ‘beasts’ that outweigh him by 50 lbs or more. Gaines is OK as a backup, but he’s much more of a run-stopper. And I have doubts we’ll be re-signing Logan Hall (he’s improving, but he’s not big enough either to play in the interior).
Got a hunch the Bucs will be looking to upgrade our DLine interior significantly this year, through both free agency & the draft.
February 9th, 2026 at 8:18 am
What has Crosby and Garrett won ? You need a team and a Edge rusher is great but 16 sacks in season from a guy guarantees you nothing…Shaq had 19.5 we won 7 games.
February 9th, 2026 at 8:36 am
DR, man they got 3 beasts up front that are cut from the same cloth. Absolutely dominated, was fun to watch.
February 9th, 2026 at 8:38 am
I don’t see Crosby fetching 2 1st rounders. With that knee injury he probably won’t even get one 1st round pick. I’m thinking 2nd, 4th and a marginal starter. Crosby don’t want to be with the Raiders and the Raiders need picks to rebuilt.
February 9th, 2026 at 8:53 am
Bucs also need their picks to rebuild the defense more than an off-season away they shouldn’t trade for Maxx that’s something you do when you are close bucs are not that.
February 9th, 2026 at 9:00 am
The Raiders are 42-68 with Maxx Crosby
We won’t be a whole lot better with him
We need to fill holes at several positions
We need better depth at several positions
One player will not make or break this team
We are too far off (talent wise)
February 9th, 2026 at 9:11 am
“We are too far off (talent wise)” Coaching wise as well.
February 9th, 2026 at 9:12 am
raiders should really let crosby go because he hasn’t helped them win a single game of late…
they are the absolute worst thing ever…
and crosby hasn’t changed things over there one iota…
spytek literally walked into quicksand over there and will get canned sooner than later…
he’s the fall guy, not tommy b…
he should probably hook up the bucs, so he has some friends and a place to go once that bowl haircut fella cuts him lose in a year or so…
spytek needs to think about his future…and olive branch…by giving away maxx fuzzby 🙂
February 9th, 2026 at 9:13 am
Watching last night’s whitewashing of the lucky until then Patriots…I was surprised to see former Cowboy Demarcus Lawrence. I didn’t realize the Hawks signed him in free agency. He flashed several times and caused a ( bad ) Maye Day. Is Trey Hendrickson possibly that guy…or does Hassan Reddick cause Vietnam flashbacks to a player who’s doomed looking for one last payday? Licht needs to channel John Schneider vibes. That guy is clearly the top GM in the league.
February 9th, 2026 at 9:20 am
you might want to refocus and swerve away from crosby…
to see if you can somehow get monken and company to give up on miles garrett in cleveland…
long shot, but you never know
February 9th, 2026 at 9:21 am
Before you give up that kinda draft capital you have to ask yourself two things. 1. Is this team one player away from going all in. 2. Do you have the coaching staff to make this player the missing piece. I would say no to both accounts.
February 9th, 2026 at 9:56 am
BUCS need inside pressure!!!
we can kiss Maxx and Myles good bye!!!!
trade for Jeffrey Simmons and sign Odafe Oweh…
rotate yaya and CK94 on the edge…
Draft OL with our 1st pick!!!!
#FIXDATRENCHES!!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
February 9th, 2026 at 11:06 am
Going to cost to much and We dont need anymore injury prone guys. This team has enough players with injuries. Hell Godwin still has not come back from his leg injury at least he is not the same yet. Evans is out almost every season with hamstring issues. We need to get a better medical team and start focusing on guys that can stay on the actual field.
February 9th, 2026 at 11:27 am
Time for a new league. On Sunday Afternoon. Non-Woke. No cable. All FOX over the air. Cities with no NFL like Orlando etc. Anything but Basketball.
February 9th, 2026 at 12:11 pm
À 1st and Braswell?
Smart deal. They get another OLB and a draft pick.
But two firsts?
Only for Myles Garrett.
Can you imagine this degense with Myles Garrett at DE instead of Logan Hall?
Teams can’t double team Vea and Myles Garrett if they are side by side.
And imagine à freakish OLB next to Myles Garrett at DE?
Wow.
If we had traded for Myles Garrett last season, we definitely would have won the NFC South.
February 9th, 2026 at 12:40 pm
I have voiced my opinion on this enough…Crosby is a pipe dream…+ Bowles doesn’t run a system that fits him, unless Bucs shift to a predominately 4-2-5 alignment vs the soft zone 3-4 hybrid that has been the base of Bowles D forever.
In Bowles current D scheme, Crosby would need to play YaYa’s role…Which tells me it’s a bad fit from the jump.
Keep it simple stupid….Go sign Azeez Ojulari (25) & Jadeveon Clowney (33) in FA for 2yrs each – for less money than 1 year of either Crosby or Hendrickson….And call it a day for Edge/OLB spots in FA.
You can then easily pencil in 12-15 sacks between them if used correctly…Clowney in the old JPP role as a pass rush DE when Bucs go 4 man font – hand in the dirt WDE…& Ojulari as a Barrett-lite roaming SOLB.
February 9th, 2026 at 12:42 pm
On a different note –
Those of you whining about Licht’s “I am that man” approach and avoiding questionable character players need only look at Atlanta. They just wasted two first round picks on James Pierce Jr, who turned into the exact knucklehead that the Bucs do not want.
Character matters.
February 9th, 2026 at 1:10 pm
Why would he want to come here…because he has a thirst for dropping back in coverage?
February 9th, 2026 at 1:14 pm
The only good thing I can say about the NIL $$$ craziness is that it helps professional organizations figure out what a potential investment will do once they have some money. That used to be a big problem when they were broke in college & would bat-ish crazy once they had too much time on their hands & serious coin in their pockets.
WTS, sometimes straight up knucklehead comes out when heartache & rejected love interferes with the logical decision making portion of a young man’s frontal lobe…So now teams need to find out if a guy has had his heartbroken a time or two to see if he can handle that pain & be able to move the f on like she no longer exists.
These young men need to understand that there isn’t a chick-box in the world worth ruining your career over…Not one!
February 9th, 2026 at 2:23 pm
Im getting weary over everyone trying to Hassan after we wasted our playoff chances on some edge rush dream last year.
Both super bowl teams spent single digit millions at edge and didnt waste draft capital.
Edge doesnt win games. Coverage does.
February 9th, 2026 at 2:58 pm
On that same different note
Did it get different results or were both teams watching the playoffs at home? Just because you think one is bad and it failed doesn’t meant the other option that failed is better they both got the same results.
February 9th, 2026 at 7:06 pm
No because he’ll come here get paid and disappear
February 9th, 2026 at 8:08 pm
I live in Nevada, and my Raider fan friends tell me Crosby is going nowhere.