{"id":1051621,"date":"2026-11-11T05:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T05:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1051621\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T05:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T05:15:20","slug":"49ers-insider-says-raiders-owner-is-main-holdup-to-maxx-crosby-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1051621\/","title":{"rendered":"49ers insider says Raiders owner is main holdup to Maxx Crosby trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the NFL trade deadline just hours away, one San Francisco 49ers<\/a> insider said he still believes the 49ers\u2019 top target is still\u00a0Maxx Crosby \u2014 and revealed what the holdup for a deal likely is.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Standard columnist Tim Kawakami has been adamant for months that the 49ers would be most interested in trading for the star defensive end from the Las Vegas Raiders. He first wrote about the possibility<\/a> after the 49ers were knocked out of last season\u2019s playoffs and even made a bold prediction of an offseason trade for Crosby all the way back<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n

The Raiders were clearly willing to move Crosby and agreed to trade him to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for two first-round picks. But the Ravens ultimately killed the deal<\/a> when the Ravens said Crosby failed his physical. Other teams reportedly expressed interest in a trade after that move, with ESPN reporting<\/a> the Rams led the pack, but Crosby didn\u2019t want a trade in the offseason. Things could be different now, though. The Raiders started the season 3-0 but have fallen to 4-5 since and, while clearly improved, don\u2019t look like a Super Bowl contender.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the 49ers fit in. They were among the teams interested in a Crosby trade after the Baltimore deal fell apart, and Kawakami continues to say the interest from the 49ers remains very high in a deal. On the \u201c49ers Plus Minus<\/a>\u201d podcast he co-hosts with the Athletic reporter Matt Barrows, Kawakami discussed the 49ers\u2019 trade plans at length.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf [the 49ers] are going to trade a first- or second-round pick, it\u2019s going to be for a defensive end \u2014 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be receiver, I definitely don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be for a cornerback,\u201d Kawakami said. \u201c… I think, if you\u2019re going to go get a starter who\u2019s going to impact games, you know, right away, it\u2019s going to be a defensive end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barrows pointed out the struggles the 49ers have had to rush the opposing quarterbacks \u2014 even star Nick Bosa doesn\u2019t have a sack in the three games he\u2019s been healthy for so far this year. He also noticed how many 49ers players and staffers showed Crosby love after the game and noted the connection between Crosby and 49ers defensive line coach Kris Kocurek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Kawakami, the insider who has been pushing the \u201cCrosby to the 49ers\u201d trade harder than anyone, is now saying he doesn\u2019t expect a trade to happen in time for this season\u2019s Super Bowl run. His change of tune even caught Barrows off-guard, leading Barrows to\u00a0directly ask why Kawakami backed off on a deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think [Raiders owner] Mark Davis is trading Maxx Crosby to the 49ers,\u201d Kawakami said. \u201cMost of what I\u2019ve been saying is that\u2019s who the 49ers want. I am not coming off of that. My second [point] has been that I think Crosby would certainly be happy with a trade to the 49ers. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything denying that, and we saw it on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kawakami said those points and the fact that the Raiders already made one trade agreement to deal Crosby are why he has been so adamant about the possibility. He even said the 49ers would be willing to part with a top draft pick to land Crosby. But in his estimation, the Raiders owner (and perhaps the longstanding rivalry<\/a> between the former Bay Area rivals) is the biggest reason why any deal isn\u2019t happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis [49ers] locker room really has circled Maxx Crosby as someone they think would fit,\u201d Kawakami said. \u201cThe same way they did Christian McCaffrey, the same way they did getting [DeForest] Buckner back \u2014 obviously that\u2019s a no-brainer \u2014 but they do that sometimes. Like, \u2018This is a guy that would really fit,\u2019 and it\u2019s Maxx Crosby.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m always thinking about him, but that does not mean that Mark Davis has to agree with it. And I don\u2019t think Mark Davis is trading Crosby to the 49ers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NFL trade deadline is 1\u00a0p.m. Pacific on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the NFL trade deadline just hours away, one San Francisco 49ers insider said he still believes the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1051622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525,83967],"class_list":["post-1051621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-football","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-nfl","tag-raiders","tag-sfgsports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117596109085489844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1051621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1051621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1051621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1051621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}