{"id":862067,"date":"2026-04-09T04:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862067\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:52:05","slug":"nfl-trade-rumors-las-vegas-raiders-20m-star-player-emerges-as-top-target-for-dallas-cowboys-defensive-rebuild-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/862067\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Trade Rumors: Las Vegas Raiders’ $20M star player emerges as top target for Dallas Cowboys\u2019 defensive rebuild | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NFLTrade speculation around Maxx Crosby is heating up ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, with the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills emerging as potential suitors. While the Las Vegas Raiders are not actively shopping him, analysts believe a strong offer could change that. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins praised Crosby\u2019s game-wrecking impact. The Las Vegas Raiders are heading into the 2026 NFL Draft with a familiar storyline swirling around them. Star pass rusher Maxx Crosby<\/a> remains at the center of trade chatter, even though the franchise has shown no urgency to move him. That has not stopped rival teams and analysts from imagining blockbuster deals, especially with contenders looking to fix defensive weaknesses quickly.One of the loudest ideas connects Crosby to the Dallas Cowboys. With their defense struggling to generate consistent pressure, the suggestion of adding an elite edge presence has gained traction. The proposed package is not small, but it reflects Crosby\u2019s value as one of the league\u2019s most disruptive defenders when healthy.<\/p>\n

Cowboys and Bills emerge as aggressive suitors in Maxx Crosby sweepstakes<\/p>\n

According to Ralph Vacchiano, Dallas could offer a first-round pick and multiple mid-round selections to secure Maxx Crosby. The logic is simple. A team with playoff ambitions cannot afford a weak pass rush, and Crosby could instantly change that identity.\u201cThis is probably a very un-Jerry Jones-like move, but the Cowboys\u2019 defense is a mess, and they desperately need help with their pass rush,\u201d Vacchiano wrote in his April 8 article. \u201cIt would be costly, though not as costly as the two first-round picks the Ravens initially agreed to send to Vegas for Crosby before that trade fell apart.\u201cThe Cowboys have two first-rounders, so they could part with one and sweeten the deal with a couple of thirds. Assuming Crosby\u2019s knee isn\u2019t ravaged, it\u2019s worth the risk for a team desperate to make a Super Bowl run, because adding Crosby would give the Cowboys one of the best defensive fronts in the league.\u201dThe Buffalo Bills have also been floated as a serious landing spot. Analyst Garrett Podell pointed out their lack of a dominant pass rusher since Leonard Floyd\u2019s 2023 season. With general manager Brandon Beane known for bold moves, Buffalo could push hard if the price drops.Inside the Raiders locker room, though, the tone feels different. New quarterback Kirk Cousins made it clear how highly Crosby is viewed.\u201cThere\u2019s only a handful of guys in the league, maybe a half-dozen, that truly you\u2019re thinking about as you prepare for them the entire week, every play, saying, \u2018What are we doing about this guy?’\u201d Cousins said in a April 6 video on the Raiders\u2019 YouTube channel.\u201cAnd there\u2019s only about a half-dozen of them. Maxx is one of those guys where, you know, you are all week long wondering how he could wreck the game on this play, on this play, on this play.\u201dFor now, Crosby remains a Raider. But with the draft nearing, the noise is only getting louder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade speculation around Maxx Crosby is heating up ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, with the Dallas Cowboys…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2066],"tags":[53,230,229,257,2461,7,294,393,6563,6,15729,13113,190],"class_list":{"0":"post-862067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-buffalo-bills","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-dallascowboys","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-kirk-cousins","15":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","16":"tag-maxx-crosby","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-draft-2026","19":"tag-nfl-trades","20":"tag-pass-rusher"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116372960823860258","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862067","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=862067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}