Las Vegas Raiders Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby didn’t play Sunday due to a knee injury, but he seems pretty healthy. Crosby posted a video of himself playing basketball and photos of him on a trampoline, a few days after he was shut down for the rest of the regular season by the team.
Crosby, 28, posted two images of himself on a trampoline with his daughter and two videos in which he’s playing basketball. The images were posted on Crosby’s Instagram story, meaning they won’t be available 24 hours after being posted.
The timing of Croby’s posts should raise a few eyebrows from Raiders fans, given the team placed Crosby on injured reserve Saturday, citing his need to undergo knee surgery.
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Earlier in the week, however, Crosby seemed like he was ready to keep playing in 2025. With the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft potentially on the line Sunday, Crosby told reporters he didn’t care about the pick and wanted to win.
The Raiders lost, 34-10, and are now in control of the No. 1 pick with one game left in the season against the visiting Kansas City Chiefs.
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The Raiders felt differently, and officially shut down Crosby on Saturday. Once informed of the decision, the star said he wanted to leave the team’s facility, which the Raiders allowed. He wasn’t the only big-name player shut down by the Raiders ahead of Sunday’s defeat against the Giants. Tight end Brock Bowers, who has battled injuries all season, was also placed on IR ahead of the matchup.
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Crosby was reportedly not happy about the decision, per Fox’s Jay Glazer.
The Raiders are desperate for a quarterback of the future.
Crosby, as he previously stated, doesn’t care about any of that and appeared ready to suit up in Week 17. His basketball and trampoline images certainly suggest Crosby could have been out on the field vs. the Giants, regardless of what the Raiders said about the nature of his injury.
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