{"id":967470,"date":"2026-08-08T09:33:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/967470\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:33:55","slug":"what-klint-kubiak-had-to-say-about-maxx-crosby-hitting-kirk-cousins-twice-during-raiders-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/967470\/","title":{"rendered":"What Klint Kubiak had to say about Maxx Crosby hitting Kirk Cousins twice during Raiders practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Kirk Cousins\u2019 tenure with the Las Vegas Raiders has already reached a massive obstacle in training camp.<\/p>\n<p>Training camp is often the best time for players to bond with each other before the new NFL season kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing training camp is extremely important for the Las Vegas Raiders as their starting QB, Kirk Cousins, joined the team back in April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>However, it seems like Cousins\u2019 first training camp isn\u2019t going as fans would hope, with news of a major altercation between him and Maxx Crosby going viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2280814374-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Maxx Crosby #98 and Kirk Cousins #8 of the Las Vegas Raiders embrace during mandatory minicamp at the Las Vegas Raiders Headquarters\/Intermountain Health Performance Center.\" class=\"wp-image-2602787\" \/>Photo by Louis Grasse\/Getty ImagesKlint Kubiak downplays the Kirk Cousins-Maxx Crosby fight<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/49555077\/raiders-cousins-crosby-scuffle-friday-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ESPN<\/a>, Crosby started the altercation by hitting Cousins\u2019 arm twice during the Raiders\u2019 practice on Friday. Cousins countered by grabbing Crosby\u2019s jersey before the two were separated.<\/p>\n<p>Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak shared his thoughts on the altercation, but didn\u2019t seem too worried about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are two leaders on our team going at it. Obviously, fighting in a game [or] you throw a punch in a game, you are out of the game. So we got to be smart,\u201d Kubiak said.<\/p>\n<p>While Kubiak did issue a warning to both stars for their roles in the fight, he expects the two veterans to figure things out and not repeat this.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Kirk Cousins\u2019 tenure with the Las Vegas Raiders has already reached a massive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":967471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[7,294,8357,1744,393,2455,2454,6563,6,525],"class_list":["post-967470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-las-vegas-raiders","tag-football","tag-kirk-cousins","tag-klint-kubiak","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-lasvegas","tag-lasvegasraiders","tag-maxx-crosby","tag-nfl","tag-raiders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117059208496886510","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967470","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=967470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}