{"id":805653,"date":"2026-03-11T03:36:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/805653\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T03:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:36:56","slug":"bears-get-more-good-news-on-maxx-crosby-after-ravens-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/805653\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears Get More Good News on Maxx Crosby After Ravens Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773200205_75_Maxx-Crosby-7-e1772812435680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Maxx Crosby\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS, NEVADA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 28: Maxx Crosby #98 of the Las Vegas Raiders warms up prior to a game against the Chicago Bears at Allegiant Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Not only can the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/chicago-bears\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chicago Bears<\/a> re-enter discussions for <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/maxx-crosby\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maxx Crosby<\/a> after the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> made the stunning decision to void their trade for the five-time Pro Bowler on Tuesday, but the Bears then saw one of the primary competitors for Crosby\u2019s services wash its hands of what had formerly been strong interest in a deal.<\/p>\n<p>Dianna Russini of The Athletic, who reported on March 10 that the Ravens had pulled out of their agreement for Crosby due to a failed physical examination, came back to social media soon after with news that the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> are no longer interested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dallas Cowboys are not expected to re-engage in Maxx Crosby trade discussions at this time, a high-ranking source tells The Athletic,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DMRussini\/status\/2031538735460823527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">Russini posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys are not expected to re-engage in Maxx Crosby trade discussions at this time, a high-ranking source tells The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>The Ravens outbid the Cowboys by offering the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/las-vegas-raiders\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> two first-round picks, including No. 14 overall in this year\u2019s draft, for the soon-to-be 29-year-old defensive end. ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler reported that Dallas came with an offer of a first-round pick and a second-round selection, but refused to go higher than that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Dallas] wasn\u2019t willing to part with two first-round picks, hoping its 12th pick in April\u2019s draft, plus a future second-rounder, would be enough to entice Las Vegas,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48111448\/nfl-free-agency-news-latest-wrs-rbs-pierce-crosby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">Fowler wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys have since traded a fourth-round pick to the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Green Bay Packer<\/a>s for edge-rusher <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/rashan-gary\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rashan Gary<\/a>, which they apparently believe is enough to meet their pass-rush needs.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, Chicago has the draft capital to push for the inside track should Las Vegas reopen trade talks for Crosby, which appears likely after the team spent more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/big-money-monday-raiders-titans-lead-2-3-billion-free-agency-kickoff#:~:text=Unsurprisingly%2C%20the%20two%20downtrodden%20clubs,the%20spending%20sprees%20were%20warranted.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">$281 million<\/a> across the first two days of free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Bears May Have Renewed Interest in Maxx Crosby at Lower Price<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5822768\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5822768\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2240643547-1-2-e1773189333262.jpg\" alt=\"Cincinnati Bengals\" width=\"782\" height=\"441\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5822768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyLas Vegas Raiders pass-rusher Maxx Crosby.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/\" title=\"NFL\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"187734\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> analysts heavily featured the Bears in the trade speculation that surrounded Crosby for weeks. However, Fowler reported that by the end of the process, Chicago was more of a fringe participant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chicago Bears monitored the situation, but the sense was they weren\u2019t major players in the end,\u201d Fowler wrote.<\/p>\n<p>That could now change, and fast, given the Raiders\u2019 circumstances after operating throughout free agency as though they held the rights to the Ravens\u2019 No. 14 pick in April and didn\u2019t have to concern themselves with Crosby\u2019s salary, which Las Vegas believed was coming off its books.<\/p>\n<p>Maxx Crosby\u2019s Agent, Surgeon Attest to His Health, Recovery<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5813246\" class=\"size-inline wp-image-5813246\" data-lazy-load=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773200216_672_Maxx-Crosby-9.jpg\" alt=\"Maxx Crosby, Baltimore Ravens\" width=\"782\" height=\"521\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5813246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GettyDefensive end Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>Crosby\u2019s agent C.J. Laboy took to social media on Tuesday to refute any claim that Crosby is not recovering properly from surgery to repair the damaged meniscus ligament in his knee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMaxx continues to be on track in his recovery and if anything is ahead of schedule according to his surgeon Dr Neal El Attrache,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CJLaBoy\/status\/2031550722425369070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">Laboy wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cMaxx remains on track to return during the offseason program &amp; will undoubtedly return as the dominant game wrecker he has been these past 7 seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicago may be able to buy low on Crosby given the circumstances, even despite his surgeon\u2019s testimony, which could mean an offer involving pick Nos. 25 and 60 in this year\u2019s draft might bring the Raiders to the table.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/maxdible1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Dible<\/a> covers the NFL, NBA and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns. He covered local and statewide news as a reporter for West Hawaii Today and served as news director for BigIslandNow.com and Pacific Media Group&#8217;s family of Big Island radio stations before joining Heavy.  <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/maxdible1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Max Dible<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Bears\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty LAS VEGAS, NEVADA &#8211; SEPTEMBER 28: Maxx Crosby #98 of the Las Vegas Raiders warms up prior&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2493,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-805653","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-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116208459307085320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805653","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=805653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}