{"id":729556,"date":"2026-02-04T20:09:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729556\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:09:20","slug":"report-raiders-star-defensive-end-wants-to-play-for-mike-vrabel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/729556\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Raiders star defensive end wants to play for Mike Vrabel"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> have some questions to answer in the offseason, and one of them might revolve around their star defensive end.<\/p>\n

Maxx Crosby<\/a> has spent his entire career with the Raiders organization, but The Athletic\u2019s Dianna Russini indicated on \u201cZo & Bertrand\u201d that he\u2019s unhappy in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you, I know he wants to play for Mike Vrabel,\u201d Russini said on Radio Row. \u201cHe\u2019s told me before.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear if Crosby will ask for a trade, or if the Raiders have any interest in trading the 28-year-old. What\u2019s also unclear is when Crosby expressed his desire to play for the Patriots coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There was a disagreement between Crosby and the Raiders with how the team handled his injury. A report surfaced<\/a> that he left the team facility after it was determined he would sit out the final two games of the season. <\/p>\n

Crosby made it clear he didn\u2019t get care about the No. 1 draft pick<\/a> \u2014 which the Raiders secured \u2014 and that his job was to be the best defensive end he could be. <\/p>\n

Crosby would certainly be an intriguing addition to New England\u2019s defense. He had 10.0 sacks for the Raiders in 2025 with 28 tackles for loss, 20 QB hits and an interception. <\/p>\n

The Patriots have the cap space to add Crosby, but whether they put together a package that would seem desirable enough for the Raiders to consider is unknown. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders have some questions to answer in the offseason, and one of them might revolve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2065],"tags":[105401,7,3185,1744,393,2455,2454,6,31185,525],"class_list":["post-729556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-20251221_fb_nfl_lvr_hou_wk16_mlc_7049","tag-football","tag-helmet-off","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-nfl","tag-nflraw25","tag-raiders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116014178621781775","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729556","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=729556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}