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The Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> will likely have Maxx Crosby back on their defensive line for the 2026 NFL season after his trade to the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> fell through due to a failed physical. <\/p>\n Moreover, the Ravens weren\u2019t the only team keen on Crosby. According to a March 24 report from Ryan McFadden of ESPN<\/a>, the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> approached the Raiders with three separate trade proposals. <\/p>\n The first included the 20th overall pick in the 2026 draft, along with defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa. Their second offer featured the 12th overall pick and a third-round selection, leaving Odighizuwa out. The final proposal combined the 12th overall pick with a second-round pick, again without including Odighizuwa.<\/p>\n On March 31, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones spoke with reporters<\/a> about Crosby\u2019s failed physical, given that his team was keen on the Raiders star. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s pretty simple for me,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThere\u2019s no hidden agenda. You\u2019ve got to pass a physical, and we\u2019ve never completed an agreement until the player passes it. That includes your doctors, your trainers, everybody involved gets to take a look, and that goes with the territory. <\/p>\n \u201cWe would have looked at the same conditions with the physical, and, as you know, we were in on making an offer for him. He would have come to Dallas, and we can only guess what would have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Moreover, Jones was asked whether the Cowboys would revisit their interest in Crosby. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t anticipate standing here right now revisiting that situation,\u201d Jones added. \u201cI don\u2019t anticipate it.\u201d<\/p>\n Raiders GM Doesn\u2019t Hold Back on Keeping Maxx Crosby<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Raiders general manager John Spytek recently spoke about Crosby and shared the team\u2019s position on the situation.<\/p>\n \u201cMy relationship with Maxx since I\u2019ve gotten here has been great,\u201d\u00a0Spytek said in a March 26 video on the Raiders YouTube channel<\/a>. \u201cWe had a lot of conversations throughout the season, at the end of the season, and through the offseason. We were presented with a challenging and difficult decision to make.<\/p>\n \u201cThings have a way of going a certain way and working out the way they\u2019re supposed to. We welcome him like he never left because he really never did. It\u2019s exciting to see him work hard and attack the rehab like we know. I know he\u2019s going to be back, ready to rock in August this year and have many good years ahead of him still.\u201d<\/p>\n NFL Insider Shares Blunt Update on Maxx Crosby<\/p>\n Moreover, Sports Illustrated\u2019s Albert Breer recently shared his take on how he sees the Crosby situation playing out and noted that he doesn\u2019t foresee a trade involving Crosby leading up to or at the\u00a0NFL<\/a>\u00a0Draft.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he\u2019s going to be traded, I think it\u2019s going to have to come after Maxx Crosby gets back on the field and plays really well, so people will forget about everything that just happened,\u201d\u00a0Breer said in a March 20 video from \u201cThe MMQB NFL Podcast.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat way, it becomes a little easier when it comes to managing your owners and your fan base. It also makes it easier to go out and trade for him again. That\u2019s not a bad place for the Raiders to be, either. When you look at where they are, it\u2019s like, \u2018OK, Maxx is going to help build a culture, and they\u2019ll move forward as if he\u2019s part of the team.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cBut if they\u2019re really bad in October or early November and he\u2019s playing great, then they can have that conversation. That\u2019s probably the smartest way to move forward if you\u2019re the Raiders.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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