{"id":807117,"date":"2026-03-11T22:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807117\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:14:19","slug":"bears-get-second-chance-at-de-maxx-crosby-and-perhaps-with-lower-asking-price-from-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807117\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears get second chance at DE Maxx Crosby, and perhaps with lower asking price from Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elite pass rusher Maxx Crosby is back on the trade market, and the Bears<\/a> badly need help at that position. If the Raiders\u2019 asking price was too high a week ago, when they received two first-round picks from the Ravens for him, it likely has dropped after the Ravens backed out of the trade because of a failed physical<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The big question, among several, for Bears general manager Ryan Poles is whether it will fall enough for him to go for it.<\/p>\n

Sending away two first-rounders would\u2019ve been questionable for the Bears in a stage at which they\u2019re still building the roster. Their goal is to compete for a championship this season, but it\u2019s essential to be realistic about how much of a leap that would be.<\/p>\n

But if the Raiders are willing to recalibrate their expectations to a first- and second-round pick for Crosby, that could work for Poles.<\/p>\n

The Bears\u2019 first-rounder this year is No. 25 overall, so the Raiders might prefer to take their chances on a 2027 pick instead in the hope that it\u2019ll be higher. The Bears, of course, are planning on the opposite. Poles also has an extra second-rounder in his pocket after landing one from the Bills in the DJ Moore trade.<\/p>\n

From that standpoint, Crosby would be worth it.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a five-time Pro Bowl selection who has averaged nearly 10 sacks per season, and the Bears haven\u2019t had a force like him in their pass rush since Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn. Pairing Crosby and Montez Sweat would seem likely to fix a problem that has bothered Poles throughout his tenure.<\/p>\n

Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta imagined a similar tandem, saying Wednesday he had wanted to trade for Crosby and sign free agent defensive end Trey Hendrickson. Hendrickson signed Wednesday for $112 million over four years. He added that he was \u201cgutted\u201d by having to nix the Crosby trade.<\/p>\n

Poles acknowledged inquiring with the Raiders about Crosby at the trade deadline last season.<\/p>\n

The Bears have the second-fewest sacks over the last four seasons and finished 22nd in pressure rate last season. Without much production from the defensive line, they blitzed the 12th-most frequently in the NFL.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s no certainty of the Raiders actually lowering their demands in a Crosby trade. He was still on their roster when the new league year began Wednesday, essentially eliminating any hurry to offload him.<\/p>\n

With that on their side, the Raiders could wait all the way to the start of the season to trade him. There\u2019s precedent for getting a haul at that point, too, with Mack and Micah Parsons recently drawing two first-round picks.<\/p>\n

Crosby also could be practicing by then \u2014 agent C.J. LaBoy said he is expected to be back on the field this spring \u2014 and might also look better in a physical examination. He had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in January.<\/p>\n

Draft capital, though, isn\u2019t the only concern for Poles.<\/p>\n

Crosby is due $121.1 million over the next four seasons, and the Bears would need to clear additional salary-cap space to afford him this season, then do some maneuvering in future years. That could be challenging as the team prepares, Poles said, for the possibility of a contract extension for quarterback Caleb Williams.<\/p>\n

Additionally, if the Ravens\u2019 medical staff raised issues with Crosby\u2019s physical, it\u2019s hard to say whether he\u2019d pass an exam anywhere. Every team has different standards and different thresholds for risk.<\/p>\n

Poles has been careful about situations like this and notably rescinded a contract offer to defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi after agreeing to a three-year, $40.5 million deal in 2022. Ogunjobi ended up with a one-year, $8 million contract with the Steelers, but has proven durable.<\/p>\n

Given Poles\u2019 general aversion to jamming the Bears\u2019 future salary-cap situations by restructuring contracts, he\u2019s likely to go a more conservative route by looking for a defensive end in the draft, hoping Sweat will assert himself as a dominant pass rusher and hoping Shemar Turner, a second-round pick last year, will play up to his high potential.<\/p>\n

The Bears also could look at the senior class of pass rushers and try to get one of them on an expensive, but short-term deal. Former Saints star Cameron Jordan, for example, is a free agent at 36, but had 10 1\/2 sacks last season and played 10 seasons for Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen.<\/p>\n

But even with financial and medical factors in play for Crosby, he\u2019s more of a sure thing than any of the alternatives. If the goal really is to win now, few players could accelerate that timeline like him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elite pass rusher Maxx Crosby is back on the trade market, and the Bears badly need help at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2070],"tags":[374,692,391,2493,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-807117","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\/116212850245434914","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807117","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=807117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}