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Ravens GM Eric DeCosta is aggressively targeting Raiders EDGE Maxx Crosby
The Baltimore Ravens have a strong need to upgrade their moribund pass rush, and they are targeting arguably the best game-wrecking EDGE rusher available to do so.
The Ravens are reportedly “all in” on acquiring disgruntled Las Vegas Raiders EDGE rusher Maxx Crosby according to insider Jason La Canfora of Sportsboom.com.
Crosby had 10 sacks and 73 tackles, with 28 tackles for loss in 2025 and qualified for the Pro Bowl for the fifth straight year. He put up those gaudy numbers despite an injury-plagued season where he played 15 games but was shut down for the Raiders’ final two games.
The Ravens finished tied for 29th in sacks (30) last year.
The Ravens Are Targeting Maxx Crosby
Baltimore has been linked to Khalil Mack, the longtime EDGE rusher who spent the past two seasons with now-Ravens head coach Jesse Minter with the Los Angeles Chargers.
But it’s hard to argue the Ravens’ prioritizing Crosby over Mack, who is six years older than the Raiders EDGE rusher. Plus, Crosby plays with a reckless style that can fire up crowds and wreck games, proven by his 69.5 sacks and 133 tackles for loss over his first seven NFL seasons, and he has been a second-team All-Pro.
“He has played on losing teams virtually his entire career, and getting to a perennial playoff team would have particular appeal to him,” La Canfora reported.
With all that in mind, La Canfora detailed general manager Eric DeCosta’s interest in Crosby.
“Multiple high-ranking NFL officials from teams that have contacted the Raiders about Crosby indicated that DeCosta is prioritizing landing Crosby, one of the most impactful pass rushers of this era,” La Canfora wrote, “and [he] is offering the 14th overall pick and more in an attempt to land him.”
La Canfora noted the Ravens’ better-than-average draft position, since they went 8-9 and narrowly missed making the playoffs in 2025. That fact is giving Baltimore some added potential to add Crosby, since DeCosta is willing to part with multiple assets to acquire Crosby.
“I heard pretty strongly they are offering their one (first-round pick), plus two more Day 2 (rounds two and three) picks,” one general manager who is also in pursuit of Crosby also told La Canfora. “I don’t know exactly in which years, and they probably want them spread out, but Baltimore is being aggressive.”
The Ravens Have Other Options if they Don’t Land Maxx Crosby
Crosby has a bunch of suitors, with the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams and others also linked to the superstar EDGE.
But La Canfora also noted the Ravens’ other options if they can’t land Crosby, which includes a potential familiar face.
“The Ravens have interest in bringing back former first-round pick Odafe Oweh as well, sources said, if they cannot land Crosby,” La Canfora reported “Oweh had a breakthrough with Minter on the Chargers after his midseason trade to Los Angeles.”
Oweh has 30.5 sacks and 34 tackles for loss in five seasons and had 10 sacks with the Ravens in 2024 — though he did not have any with the Ravens before posting 7.5 with Minter and the Chargers in 2025.
Unlike Crosby, Oweh is a free agent, which means the Ravens could sign up without giving up any draft capital.
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