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The Chicago Bears may want to snag Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders, now that he’s available, but they’ll have competition.<\/p>\n
The Chicago Bears<\/a> still have time to secure Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> edge Maxx Crosby<\/a> and bring him to the Windy City. In a quick turnaround, on Tuesday, March 10, ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter announced that the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> have bailed on their deal to acquire Crosby.<\/p>\n So, Crosby is tradeable again, and Ben Johnson and the Bears could make a play for him.\u00a0The deal, which was going to become official on Wednesday, March 11, was to trade the five-time Pro-Bowl defensive end<\/a> to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for 2026 and 2027 first-round picks. But, as Schefter shared on X<\/a>, the \u201cRavens backed out of the Maxx Crosby trade.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWith free agency beginning Wednesday, the Ravens and Raiders have plenty of questions to answer going forward,\u201d ESPN notes in their feature<\/a> about the canceled trade.<\/p>\n The Chicago Bears are already Super Bowl contenders, and having an elite edge such as Crosby would make them that much closer to securing their goal. So, will they do it? If so, they\u2019ll have stiff competition.<\/p>\n Chicago Bears Will Have Stiff Competition to Get Maxx Crosby to the Franchise, But That\u2019s Okay<\/p>\n There aren\u2019t many elite defensive ends in the NFL, so the Bears won\u2019t be alone in their pursuit of Crosby. So, what other teams will be serious about getting him?<\/p>\n Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz of USA Today seeing the New England Patriots<\/a> as stiff competition.<\/p>\n \u201cWith insufficient pressure off the edge, New England was essentially boxed into frequent all-out blitzes down the stretch of the postseason,\u201d he notes in a Tuesday, March 10 piece<\/a>. \u201cCrosby no doubt would change all that. He also could help Vrabel\u2019s crew establish itself as the clear class of the conference in a landscape that now seems fairly wide open.\u201d<\/p>\n Another team is the Eagles, with Middlehurst-Schwartz noting, \u201cPhiladelphia is at a potential crisis point, and getting a cornerstone player on defense could provide a much higher margin of error for an offense bound to undergo some more turbulence in Sean Mannion\u2019s first season as play-caller.\u201d<\/p>\n One Team the Chicago Bears Won\u2019t Have to Arm-Wrestle With for Maxx Crosby<\/p>\n One team the Bears won\u2019t have to arm-wrestle with, according to Dianna Russini of the Athletic, is the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, who she says are no longer going to pursue him.<\/p>\n \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\u00a0she said on a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Of course, Crosby could always remain a Raider. \u201cRaider Nation has given me everything,\u201d Crosby said in the now-deleted message<\/a>. \u201cMy family, had the chance to get married, have the most beautiful daughter in the world, grow as a man, as a player, as a leader, a human being. One thing I could say is above all else is that I gave you everything I got and I have no regrets about that. I put everything into trying to win as a Raider.\u201d<\/p>\n During the 2025 <\/a>NFL<\/a> regular season, according to NFL research<\/a>, Crosby recorded 73 total tackles, 10 sacks, 28 tackles for loss and one interception.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tAnne Erickson<\/a> is an award-winning reporter for Heavy Sports covering the NFL, NBA and college football. Anne Erickson has years of experience covering the NFL and additional sports, and her work has been published via ESPN, Fox Sports and more. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in sports, including Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff. Erickson also hosts several podcasts and is a Detroit-based radio host. 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