{"id":736183,"date":"2026-02-07T18:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/736183\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T18:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:03:16","slug":"nfl-insider-increasingly-skeptical-maxx-crosby-stays-with-raiders-amid-patriots-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/736183\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Insider &#8216;Increasingly Skeptical&#8217; Maxx Crosby Stays With Raiders Amid Patriots Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior NFL insider Dianna Russini wrote on Saturday that she\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7028598\/2026\/02\/07\/nfl-rumors-news-super-bowl-maxx-crosby-travis-kelce\/?source=bsky_hq\" id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7028598\/2026\/02\/07\/nfl-rumors-news-super-bowl-maxx-crosby-travis-kelce\/?source=bsky_hq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly skeptical<\/a>\u201d that Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby will remain with the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Russini\u2019s report comes amid rampant <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/patriots-insider-expects-team-to-seriously-explore-maxx-crosby-trade\/\" id=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/patriots-insider-expects-team-to-seriously-explore-maxx-crosby-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trade rumors<\/a> linking the superstar edge rusher to the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to coaches and general managers around the league, it\u2019s pretty obvious. The Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 star edge rusher would be highly interested in pursuing a change of scenery,\u201d Russini wrote for The Athletic. \u201cCrosby remains under contract, but there\u2019s a strong sense in league circles that he could be there for the taking, despite the Raiders likely demanding a high price (think a Micah Parsons-like package). Las Vegas is not expected to try to make Crosby stay if he truly wants out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The insider added that even the Raiders\u2019 expected hiring of Klint Kubiak as their next head coach isn\u2019t likely to sway Crosby\u2019s desires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce the Raiders, as expected, hire Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, Crosby will have a fifth full-time head coach since he debuted in 2019. He has played in one career playoff game. Imagine what he could do with a stable organization accustomed to winning,\u201d Russini said. \u201cThe reality is, if Crosby does become available, the Patriots would be just one of many interested teams. It\u2019s unclear how this will play out, but I\u2019m increasingly skeptical he\u2019ll play a down for Kubiak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/maxx-crosby-addresses-rumors-of-wanting-to-play-for-patriots\/\" id=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/2026\/02\/maxx-crosby-addresses-rumors-of-wanting-to-play-for-patriots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">addressed the trade chatter on Friday<\/a>, saying \u201cFor me, I just sit back and laugh. Because I know my truth\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crosby underwent knee surgery in January after missing the end of the regular season with a meniscus injury.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senior NFL insider Dianna Russini wrote on Saturday that she\u2019s \u201cincreasingly skeptical\u201d that Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,6563,6,832],"class_list":{"0":"post-736183","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-maxx-crosby","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-rumors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116030669823695693","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736183","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=736183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}