The Raiders have been shopping Maxx Crosby around the league for the past couple of weeks. Reports of multiple teams being interested and sending offers have been flooding social media. Those teams being the Bears, Cowboys, Ravens and Eagles. Sources around the league said the Raiders had a high asking price and would keep Crosby if no offer met their demand.
Well today the Baltimore Ravens met their asking price. Earlier the Ravens extended their superstar quarter back Lamar Jackson to create $40.6 million in cap space. Many speculated if that was a move that would allow them to bring back center Tyler Linderbaum or to make a Maxx Crosby trade possible. The Ravens answered those questions hours later.
The Las Vegas Raiders agreed to a trade sending Maxx Crosby to the Baltimore Ravens for two first round picks. Those first round picks would come out to be a 2026 first round pick (#14) and a 2027 first round pick. The Raiders asking price was two first round picks and GM John Spytek accomplished that. However the Ravens are going all in on a Super Bowl run. Having a franchise quarter back in Lamar Jackson with Derrick Henry in the back field with him and now a superstar edge rusher like Maxx Crosby to add to a defense with Kyle Hamilton, Roquan Smith, and Marlon Humphrey will certainly push the Ravens to Super Bowl favorites.
The Raiders enter a full rebuild with very valuable ammo for the future, while the Ravens go all in on a Super Bowl window.