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The Raiders dropped a tough road game to the Detroit Lions on Monday Night. Maxx Crosby went bonkers in his return to the Great Lakes State. The Lapeer, Michigan native and Eastern Michigan alumnus had two total sacks and a forced fumble against Jared Goff and a star-studded Lions offensive line. The Raiders are looking […]

The Las Vegas Raiders made a dramatic move this week as head coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler were fired. Owner Mark Davis had expected to see significant improvement this season but the Raiders had fallen to 3-5 after a Monday night loss to the Detroit Lions, and the huge move was made. […]

The Las Vegas Raiders trailed the Detroit Lions by 12 points as their Monday Night Football matchup with the Lions in Detroit began to wind down. The Raiders’ Maxx Crosby dominated in front of the Michigan fans as the Lapeer, MI native played in Detroit’s backfield for much of the game. Crosby’s insanely cool tattoo […]

The Detroit Lions’ Jahmyr Gibbs has been one of the most enigmatic rookies of the 2023-2024 season. The Alabama Crimson Tide alumnus has flashed all-world ability with the Lions. He finally put it all together on Monday night vs. the Raiders with arguably his best performance of the year. Raiders star Maxx Crosby played in […]

Las Vegas Raiders defensive star Maxx Crosby let the Detroit Lions know–both in words and action–that they won’t have an easy time scoring against him. Late in the second quarter, Crosby stopped the Lions from gaining ground on a backfield play. As Jahmyr Gibbs tried to run with the ball, the Raiders defensive end was […]

Amid another stellar season, Maxx Crosby is further proving to be on a different level than most defensive players in the NFL. The Las Vegas Raiders edge-rusher is among the best sack artists in the game and has the drive that few latch themselves onto. “I don’t ever want to look back and be like, […]

The Detroit Lions are set to face off against the Las Vegas Raiders at home this week on Monday Night Football, and Dan Campbell explained how tough it will be to face star pass rusher Maxx Crosby. “This is the most disruptive defensive player we’ve played this year,” Dan Campbell said, via Colton Pouncy of […]

The Las Vegas Raiders sit at 3-4 heading into Week 8 and are still in contention for a Wild Card berth. With the 2023 NFL trade deadline approaching on October 31, the Raiders are on the borderline of being buyers and sellers and could actually decide to do both. The team has several needs on […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have been staying afloat in playoff contention for the past few games. But, a lot of their games are won by the secondary. This is with Maxx Crosby leading the helm in the field and Josh McDaniels taking care of their schematics. Their recent win against the New England Patriots proved […]

Maxx Crosby has been doing well in leading the Las Vegas Raiders secondary squad. His agility to cover routes and take down hefty offensive players was on show against the Mac Jones-led New England Patriots. But, he does not enter games without any inspiration. Much like any star athlete he aspires to be like Michael […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have surprisingly moved to second in the AFC West after defeating the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday. As the Raiders move to 3-3 coming off back-to-back wins, defensive end Maxx Crosby was glowing about his coach, Josh McDaniels. “Coach McDaniels has done an awesome job and the guys love him,” Crosby […]

Is Las Vegas Raiders superstar defensive end Maxx Crosby the NFL Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) after his performance in Week 5 on Monday Night Football against the Green Bay Packers? He should be, and here is why. Raiders DE Maxx Crosby for NFL Defensive Player of the Year Maxx Crosby was incredible in […]

Maxx Crosby is making his presence known for the Raiders amid the team’s poor start. The Raiders have begun the season with a 1-2 record but fans have grown restless with some of the unsavory aspects of what has been happening on the field thus far. Las Vegas agreed to a contract with a former […]

The best test of an NFL young core is beating a team that is aging. This is exactly what lies ahead of the Maxx Crosby-led Las Vegas Raiders’ secondary ahead of their matchup against Russell Wilson’s Denver Broncos. The team is full of new talent with Marcus Peters, Marcus Epps, Tyree Wilson, and Robert Spillane. […]

The Las Vegas Raiders Week 1 game against the Denver Broncos could provide a major clue for which team will finish at the bottom of the AFC West. Ahead of the Raiders-Broncos game, our Raiders Week 1 predictions suggest that the 2023 season could be another disastrous campaign for Russell Wilson and Denver. To say […]

There appears to be a bit of a disconnect between the Las Vegas Raiders and Chandler Jones. However, it’s something that Jones’ fellow defensive star, Maxx Crosby, isn’t sweating a lot over. “Everything’s in house. We’re good,” Maxx Crosby said when asked about the Jones situation, per Vic Tafur of The Athletic. It can be […]

Maxx Crosby couldn’t be happier to have Josh Jacobs back with the Las Vegas Raiders. Josh Jacobs held out the entirety of training camp, unwilling to sign the franchise tag. It was reported Saturday afternoon that Jacobs and the Raiders agreed to a one-year contract, and Maxx Crosby wasted no time celebrating on social media. […]

The Las Vegas Raiders did a lot in the NFL Draft to get star tight end Michael Mayer. Josh McDaniel’s squad traded all the way up to the 35th overall pick to acquire the rookie out of Notre Dame football. But, as most rookies would have it, he would get his welcome-to-the-league moment. It all […]

Joint practices with other NFL teams during preseason is a time to work together with another unit to help each other improve on certain aspects of their game that need polishing. But apparently Maxx Crosby and Cam Akers did not get that memo, after the two got into fisticuffs during the Las Vegas Raiders and […]

Another preseason fight broke out Wednesday, with the latest one taking place in Los Angeles during joint practices between the Los Angeles Rams and Las Vegas Raiders. The fight started when Rams running back Cam Akers was annoyed by Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby after a play was pretty much dead. Akers is believed to […]

NFL training camps are heating up in the dog days of August as teams like the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Rams hold joint practices ahead of their weekend preseason matchups. The Raiders-Rams joint practice featured more drama than most on Wednesday as two stars, Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby and Rams running back […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have been patiently waiting for the on-field debut of the No. 7 overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft, Texas Tech edge rusher Tyree Wilson. It sounds like the wait is about to be over. The Raiders have activated Tyree Wilson off the NFI list and cleared him from injury to […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are itching to get back into the NFL playoffs, especially star defensive end Maxx Crosby. Crosby was asked about his desire to return to the postseason, and he basically stressed that it is all he cares about, via the Raiders YouTube channel. “I want to get back in the playoffs. I […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have developed a way of dealing with behavior deemed inappropriate that has NFL fans talking. This time, Raiders defensive lineman Maxx Crosby was forced to remind the team of the rules after getting into an altercation with quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. It has been revealed that star defensive had to do a […]

Josh Jacobs has yet to sign the franchise tag the Las Vegas Raiders used on him. He also did not report to the first day of Raiders’ training camp, which was hardly a surprise, given how things have gone between him and Las Vegas. That being said, Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby has his full […]

The Las Vegas Raiders inked cornerback Marcus Peters to a free agent contract right before training camp and no one was more excited about it than star pass rusher Maxx Crosby. Shortly after news of the Peters signing broke, Crosby posted a one-word tweet that showed exactly how he feels about having Peters as his […]

The Las Vegas Raiders and running back Josh Jacobs were unable to agree to terms on a deal before Monday’s deadline for players who received the franchise tag to agree to a long-term contract, and a detail has emerged about how ready Jacobs was to sign a contract. Josh Jacobs was sitting in a car […]

It may not have seemed like it judging by their testy interaction, which was featured in the Netflix show ‘Quarterback’, but Las Vegas Raiders star Maxx Crosby has a lot of respect for Kansas City Chiefs signal-caller Patrick Mahomes. So much so, that Crosby took the time to send a classy message Mahomes’ way via […]

There are few pass-rushers in the NFL as talented on the edge as Maxx Crosby. The Las Vegas Raiders star has turned himself into one of the best defensive players in the league, racking up 37.5 sacks in his first four seasons with two Pro Bowl nods to boot. Despite a career-high 12.5 sacks with […]

The NFL is home to the best football players in the country. That’s a fact that most people know. What some people don’t realize, though, is how much different the pro game is from the collegiate level. Pittsburgh Steelers third-year TE Pat Freiermuth shared a story of his “Welcome to the NFL” moment of sorts, […]

Derek Carr left the Las Vegas Raiders this offseason in a somewhat messy breakup, as they benched him after nine years with the team. Carr admitted last week that it wasn’t his best performance at the end of his time there, and was upset to have let the fans down. He still left the Raiders […]

The new Maxx Crosby tattoo is something you need to see to believe. The Las Vegas Raiders pass rusher got a massive tattoo that covers his whole torso and includes three of the greatest athletes of all time, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Muhammad Ali. Crosby is a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end who put […]

The Las Vegas Raiders embarrassed themselves last season en route to earning the seventh overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. They can turn that rough season into a positive by developing Tyree Wilson, the pass rusher out of Texas Tech that the team used that draft pick on. He will be added to a […]

The Las Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs are bitter rivals. Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby detailed a scenario in which he head-butted Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes this past season on “The Voncast” with Von Miller. “We were going back and forth,” Crosby said. “I got him with a sack on the first drive and […]

Ever since Tom Brady purchased a minority stake in the Las Vegas Raiders, the unretirement rumors that have swirled around the legendary quarterback have only intensified. So much so, that Brady flat-out denied that he has any designs on playing in the NFL again. But that didn’t stop Raiders star pass rusher Maxx Crosby from […]

Maxx Crosby has established himself as the heartbeat for the Las Vegas Raiders and one of the best players in the NFL. But he wants to be more. Crosby wants to be the best edge rusher in football, according to Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The Raiders star is open about the sacrifice […]

It was not a great first year for Patrick Graham as defensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders, but defensive Maxx Crosby expressed optimism for a rebound from the unit in year two in Graham’s system. “Last OTAs, it was a lot,” Maxx Crosby said, via Aidan Champion of Raiders Today. “Obviously, Pat [Graham] was […]

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby has made it no mystery that he hopes Marcus Peters becomes his teammate for the 2023 NFL season. Amid news that Peters visited with the Raiders Monday, Crosby tagged the free agent on Instagram in an apparent recruiting effort. Maxx Crosby is the best defensive player on the Raiders’ […]

It’s always a good idea to stock up on your pass rush. Getting pressure on the quarterback is one of the keys to a good defense. It makes life a whole lot easier for the rest of your defense if you can rattle their offense. The Las Vegas Raiders likely had this in mind during […]