{"id":794981,"date":"2026-03-06T00:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/794981\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:58:49","slug":"chicago-bears-emerge-as-heavy-favorite-for-maxx-crosby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/794981\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears Emerge as Heavy Favorite for Maxx Crosby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Before the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/sports-nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> season opens on Monday, when the negotiation window for free agents begins, everyone wants to know one thing: Where will Maxx Crosby play football in 2026?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The electric, charismatic defensive end was one of the lone bright spots on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/sports-nfl-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">But the Raiders are in full rebuild mode, with the No. 1 overall pick in April&#8217;s NFL Draft, and Crosby doesn&#8217;t appear to be part of their long-term plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Crosby wants to play for a winner and have a chance to make it to the Super Bowl, and a trade might be on the horizon, after already seeing two blockbuster trades this week around Trent McDuffie and DJ Moore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">While the Dallas Cowboys have lurked as a possible destination for the destructive EDGE, they aren&#8217;t the favorites to acquire the superstar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\/cowboys-suffer-major-blow-in-maxx-crosby-trade-race-report-11629815\" id=\"11629815\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cowboys Suffer Major Blow in Maxx Crosby Trade Race: Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11620386\" alt=\"A trade involving Maxx Crosby faces one major hurdle.\" caption=\"Maxx Crosby #98 of the Las Vegas Raiders looks on prior to the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on January 04, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada.\" credit=\"(Photo by Ian Maule\/Getty Images)\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4234\" height=\"2822\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2254652931.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/nfl\/surprise-team-suddenly-linked-to-dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-11623323\" id=\"11623323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Surprise Team Suddenly Linked to Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Earlier this week, per Kalshi, the prediction website, Crosby staying with the Raiders was actually leading the odds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">But following those two marquee trades and earlier news on Thursday that the Raiders seem poised to make a move, a new team has emerged as a heavy favorite to land Crosby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">After trading away DJ Moore, the Bears now have an extra second-round pick in their arsenal to make some major moves, and have rocketed to the top as the favored landing spot for the Raiders&#8217; kingpin on the defensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">At the time of writing this piece, the Bears have a 40% chance per Kalshi to land Crosby. Behind Chicago are the Philadelphia Eagles (13%), the Cowboys (11%), the Los Angeles Rams (7%), and the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks (7%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the new NFL season opens on Monday, when the negotiation window for free agents begins, everyone wants&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2493,7,393,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-794981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bears","8":"tag-bears","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-chicagobears","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116179528838001721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794981","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=794981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}