The 2026 Las Vegas Raiders can be a a lot completely different crew.
They’ll most probably rent Klint Kubiak as head coach to repair their offense and construct it round projected No. 1 choose Fernando Mendoza, however they may even be with out their greatest participant.
In an interview with Yahoo Sports activities, NFL insider Jay Glazer poured gasoline on Raider Nation by stating that Maxx Crosby was “completed” with the group.
“I do,” Glazer said earlier than including that it might take “in all probability greater than Micah [Parsons] to get a deal completed.”
Crosby has since spoken out after the newest spherical of commerce rumors started.
Maxx Crosby needs to play for Detroit Lions
If that is actually the case, the Detroit Lions can be on the high of Crosby’s most well-liked vacation spot record, in accordance with Sports activities Illustrated’s John Maakaron.
“In line with a number of sources with information of the state of affairs, if the choice is made by the Raiders’ entrance workplace to commerce the 28-year-old, the Detroit Lions are Crosby’s clear first selection,” Maakaron wrote.
This is not a lot of a shock. Final offseason, Crosby — a Michigan native — gushed about the Lions and what head coach Dan Campbell has completed with the group throughout an look on NFL Community’s “Good Morning Soccer.”
The Lions have already got a celebrity pass-rusher in Aidan Hutchinson, and pairing him with Crosby would propel them again to Tremendous Bowl conversations, even within the stacked NFC North. And although it might take greater than a few first-round picks to get him, the Lions’ Tremendous Bowl window is broad open, and that is a threat they should take if he is, the truth is, up for grabs.
